Political Quotes

“this amendment would strike a provision that gives the EPA $45 million in a slush fund to use eight different sections of the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gases. The EPA will undoubtedly try to use this money to develop rules targeting electricity generation, manufacturing, agriculture, and other sectors of our economy. This will be the first time that Congress has told the EPA to carry out many of these Clean Air Act sections with respect to greenhouse gases. There is no doubt that EPA lawyers and environmental groups will point to this language when they try to convince courts to uphold future overreaching climate regulations. After the EPA's recent loss before the Supreme Court on the illegal Clean Power Plan, we should not be providing funds to the Agency that it will inevitably use to undertake more expansive and unauthorized rulemakings. This $45 million slush fund would be used to impose billions of dollars in regulatory burdens on our economy and increase costs at the worst time for consumers. This provision is bad for West Virginia, and it is bad for America. I urge my colleagues to support my amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Delaware.”