[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 172 (Thursday, November 10, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S7326]
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 DISAPPROVING A RULE SUBMITTED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
  RELATING TO THE MITIGATION BY STATES OF CROSS-BORDER AIR POLLUTION 
               UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT--MOTION TO PROCEED

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will 
resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.J. Res. 27.
  There will be 2 minutes of debate equally divided in the usual form.
  The Senator from Kentucky.
  Mr. PAUL. Madam President, I rise in support of clean air, clean 
water, electricity, and jobs. We need to, if we are going to maintain 
our economy, discontinue and not overreach with job-killing 
regulations. We are asking for the continuation of the existing 
regulations. This action would allow for the continuation of the 
existing regulations. If we look at EPA v. North Carolina, it says 
remand without vacating the order.
  The other side claims we are for no regulations. We are asking for 
the continuation of the existing regulations on pollution. The rules 
are working, but if we keep increasing the burden, we are going to 
cause increased joblessness.
  I reserve the remainder of my time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California.
  Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I hope colleagues will take a moment to 
look at this picture, because this is what we are talking about: 
exhaling toxic air, and little kids and members of our families who 
have to use this kind of inhaler. Exhale pollutants, inhale with an 
inhaler. This is a poster done by the American Lung Association. Every 
respected public health group opposes the Paul resolution.
  If your neighbor dumped toxic garbage on your front lawn, that would 
harm your family. You would do two things. No. 1, you would say clean 
it up and, No. 2, you would say never do it again. That is all the rule 
does that Senator Paul is trying to eviscerate here.
  Vote no for jobs, for clean air, for our families. Sixty-seven 
percent of the American people, including 68 percent of Independents, 
oppose the Paul resolution. Please vote no.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired.
  The Senator from Kentucky.
  Mr. PAUL. There are emotions and there are facts. The facts are that 
emissions have been declining for six decades. The current rules are 
working. If you vote for increased regulations, you are voting to kill 
jobs.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired.
  The yeas and nays are ordered on the motion to proceed to S.J. Res. 
27.
  The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Inouye) is 
necessarily absent.
  Mr. KYL. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator 
from Arizona (Mr. McCain) and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 41, nays 56, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 201 Leg.]

                                YEAS--41

     Barrasso
     Blunt
     Boozman
     Burr
     Chambliss
     Coats
     Coburn
     Cochran
     Corker
     Cornyn
     Crapo
     DeMint
     Enzi
     Graham
     Grassley
     Hatch
     Heller
     Hoeven
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Isakson
     Johanns
     Johnson (WI)
     Kyl
     Lee
     Lugar
     Manchin
     McConnell
     Moran
     Murkowski
     Nelson (NE)
     Paul
     Portman
     Risch
     Roberts
     Rubio
     Shelby
     Thune
     Toomey
     Vitter
     Wicker

                                NAYS--56

     Akaka
     Alexander
     Ayotte
     Baucus
     Begich
     Bennet
     Bingaman
     Blumenthal
     Boxer
     Brown (MA)
     Brown (OH)
     Cantwell
     Cardin
     Carper
     Casey
     Collins
     Conrad
     Coons
     Durbin
     Feinstein
     Franken
     Gillibrand
     Hagan
     Harkin
     Johnson (SD)
     Kerry
     Kirk
     Klobuchar
     Kohl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     McCaskill
     Menendez
     Merkley
     Mikulski
     Murray
     Nelson (FL)
     Pryor
     Reed
     Reid
     Rockefeller
     Sanders
     Schumer
     Shaheen
     Snowe
     Stabenow
     Tester
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Warner
     Webb
     Whitehouse
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--3

     Inouye
     McCain
     Sessions
  The motion was rejected.
  Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I move to reconsider the vote and move 
to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California.
  Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, first of all, I want to say a big thank-
you to colleagues for voting to defeat the Paul joint resolution, which 
was a real attack on the health of our families.

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