[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 97 (Thursday, July 10, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H5025]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     CLINTON CLEAN AIR REGULATIONS WILL KILL JOBS AND COST BILLIONS

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, while the Congress is working over the next 
couple of weeks to provide tax cuts for working American families, 
President Clinton is doing just the opposite. His endorsement recently 
of a radical EPA proposal, new, unproven air standards, will wreak 
havoc on those very taxpayers, draining their pocketbooks and 
threatening their livelihoods.
  Rejecting sound scientific advice that the expected health benefits 
of new air standards would be minimal while the cost to the taxpayers 
would be astronomical, the President says he will go forward with the 
plan that will cost the taxpayers in my State of Ohio an estimated $2 
to $3 billion per year and could affect as many as 1 million 
manufacturing jobs. What does President Clinton have to say to that? 
Well, he admits that the standards may be somewhat controversial.
  Mr. Speaker, I want my children to grow up in a clean and healthy 
environment. I also want there to be jobs in Ohio for those children. 
In Ohio, we have been working very hard to make that possible. We do 
not need President Clinton's help to do it.




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