[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 28, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H1651]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               AMERICAN-MADE ENERGY TO POWER THIS NATION

  (Mr. WESTMORELAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Speaker, it looks like the President's road to 
``Regulation Nation'' is truly never ending. Just yesterday, the EPA 
announced their latest set of regulations which will effectively ban 
the building of any new coal-fired power plants. This regulation comes 
on the heels of some of the most costly regulations in the history of 
the EPA, including the Utility MACT and Boiler MACT rules. He promised 
that his energy policies would mean ``electricity rates would 
necessarily skyrocket,'' one promise the President has kept.
  Coal is one of our most plentiful resources. Over 50 percent of our 
energy is provided by coal. We can no longer allow the White House to 
regulate this country into an energy crisis. It's time we start to take 
advantage of all the God-given natural resources this country has and 
have American-made energy power this Nation.

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