[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 27, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H1583]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  THE JOB-KILLING EPA MUST BE STOPPED

  (Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Madam Speaker, President Obama's job-killing EPA 
is at it again. Last year, the EPA proposed a rule on manganese alloy 
production that would close down the last two manganese alloy 
production facilities in America, costing over 500 direct American jobs 
and thousands of indirect jobs. One of the facilities is in my hometown 
of Marietta, Ohio.
  These manganese alloys are vital raw components to the steel industry 
and are used in a wide variety of industries, including defense and the 
automotive industry, just to name two.
  The proposed EPA rule would require scientifically unproven and 
costly process controls to be installed on the two facilities, and the 
EPA has ignored the warnings that if the proposed rule is finalized it 
will not be economically feasible for these plants to continue to 
operate.
  Furthermore, if this rule is finalized, American steel companies will 
be forced to import this vital raw material from China or other foreign 
sources.
  Today I will begin work with my House colleagues to ensure the EPA 
does not go forward with this job-killing rule.

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