[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 114 (Friday, August 2, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1227]
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REGARDING REPRESENTATIVE MURPHY'S (PA) AMENDMENT NO. 6 TO H.R. 1582 ON 
          INTENDING TO VOTE NAY ON ROLL 430 ON AUGUST 1, 2013

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                         HON. G. K. BUTTERFIELD

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, August 2, 2013

  Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I rise to express that I intended to 
vote ``nay'' but was recorded as yea on Roll 430 on August 1, 2013 on 
Representative Murphy's (PA) Amendment No. 6 to H.R. 1582.
  The Rules of the House of Representatives prevent Members from 
changing votes after the fact, but I wish to state for the record that 
I fully intended to vote ``nay'' on Representative Murphy's Amendment.
  If enacted in law, Representative Murphy's amendment would prevent 
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other federal agencies 
from using the social cost of carbon (SCC) to estimate the climate 
benefits of rulemakings. Contrary to the intentions of the amendment, I 
fully support the use of the SCC by the EPA and other federal agencies 
to estimate the climate benefits of rulemakings. The SCC is important 
to interpret the impact of carbon dioxide emissions on agricultural 
productivity, human health, increased flood risk, and other factors 
which are important to my constituents in eastern North Carolina.

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