[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 5, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H6566]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            THE CEMENT SECTOR REGULATORY RELIEF ACT OF 2011

  (Mr. YOUNG of Indiana asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. YOUNG of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, I had the opportunity 
to meet with Hilltop Resources, a concrete company that has a presence 
in my southern Indiana district. They were here to talk about how the 
new Cement MACT regulations would affect their business and their 
workforce.
  Their cost of production would go up 7 to 10 percent--a huge hit for 
any business. They would have to import more of their raw materials 
from places like China--materials that are of a lesser quality. And 
those increased costs would require them to scale back their American 
workforce at a time when we need them to expand.
  We cannot keep letting the EPA impose these burdensome and job-
crushing regulations without any concern for how they affect our 
constituents. When we take up H.R. 2681 later today, we have the chance 
to help an industry that has already been hit hard by the recession. I 
urge my colleagues to support this measure.

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