[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 48 (Tuesday, April 5, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H2302]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  PROTECT AMERICANS FROM BIG POLLUTERS

  (Ms. SPEIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, this week the House will consider a 
misguided and dangerous bill to repeal the Clean Air Act standards that 
protect Americans from big polluters.
  Republicans are calling this bill the Energy Tax Prevention Act, 
except there is nothing to do with preventing taxes in the bill. 
Instead, this Dirty Air Act is a giveaway to any company who wants to 
dump pollution into the air free of charge and is a big gimme to all 
the Members of Congress hoping to collect their share of dirty campaign 
contributions.
  If my Republican colleagues want to write a bill to overturn a 
decision by the Supreme Court, turn science on its head, increase our 
dependence on foreign oil, and put the interests of big polluters above 
taxpayers, they should at least come up with a catchier title, like the 
``Make Smog in America Act'' or the ``National Hot Air Distribution 
Act.''
  If my Republican colleagues want to write a bill to guarantee that 
more American children get sick with asthma, maybe they could call it 
the ``Take Your Child to the Emergency Room Act.''
  Really, anything else would do.

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