[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 27 (Friday, February 18, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H1202]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       PROTECT THE CLEAN AIR ACT

  (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. INSLEE. Mr. Speaker, I come to the floor to warn my colleagues 
and the American public of a nasty little amendment in this CR. An 
amendment will be offered by the Republicans today to eliminate the 
ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to enforce the clear 
mandates of the Clean Air Act.
  The Supreme Court has ruled that the EPA owes the American public an 
obligation to reduce certain of these dangerous toxic gases. And yet, 
incredibly, the Republican Party wants to eliminate the ability to 
enforce that bill. Now, I think of this amendment as the dirty air act. 
And it is the dirty air act because if they pass it, that is what we'll 
get, dirty air.
  Now, Americans, and I want to warn my colleagues, a poll distributed 
by the American Lung Association shows Americans are adamantly opposed 
to this amendment. They know we want clean air. They know we don't want 
more children's asthma. And we have got to defeat this amendment, 
defeat the dirty air act, keep the Clean Air Act as the law of this 
country.

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