[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 142 (Thursday, September 22, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H6357]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              TRAIN ACT--REPUBLICANS' SO-CALLED JOBS BILL

  (Ms. CHU asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. CHU. Some in Congress want to use the jobs crisis as an excuse to 
roll back clean air protections that have prevented 200,000 premature 
deaths.
  Today we are debating the TRAIN Act. This is the Republicans' so-
called jobs bill, conducting studies that will do nothing but add paper 
to landfills instead of creating jobs by upgrading toxic power plants 
so that they are no longer a threat to public health.
  The studies have been done. Americans are still breathing mercury, 
arsenic, and chromium, and we have a means to clean it up. It's called 
the Clean Air Act, and it was passed in 1963.
  No matter what anyone says, increased pollution is not a sustainable 
path to job creation. Instead, we should be saving lives, saving our 
environment, and investing in the clean tech jobs of the future.
  The TRAIN Act is a train wreck for Americans.

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