[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 23 (Thursday, February 27, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H676]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  NEWLY PROPOSED EPA STANDARDS REGARDING PARTICULATE MATTER AND OZONE

  (Mr. NEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NEY. Mr. Speaker, our Governor today came out with a bipartisan 
delegation from Ohio and met with Members on both sides of the aisle on 
an important issue, and that is the ozone and EPA regulations.
  On February 6, George Wolff, chairman of the EPA's own Clean Air 
Scientific Advisory Committee, testified the proposed standards were 
based on a policy judgment by Carol Browner, the director of the U.S. 
EPA, and not on sound evidence.
  What do we find out today? The L.A. Times story. And in that story it 
says that the White House complained, in a draft report made available 
Wednesday, that a major air pollution proposal put forward by the EPA 
was not fully considered and based on what some scientists consider 
inadequate research.
  What does the EPA say? If unchanged, the report could be very 
damaging. Of course it could be damaging, because this is a 
hallucination by the Director of the EPA of what our standards could 
be. It will put us out of work. It will put us out of work in the 
Midwest of this country.
  This is not based on scientific fact. Information has been withheld 
from the committee. Chairman Bliley requested additional information.
  Take the trigger off the gun, Director Browner. We want our jobs.

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