[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 98 (Monday, June 23, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H5602]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      EPA SHOULD MAKE DATA PUBLIC

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the EPA's regulatory process is 
flawed. The data EPA uses to justify its costly air regulations are 
hidden from the public. The Agency uses this secret science to make 
exaggerated claims about the alleged benefits of burdensome new 
regulations. Every major air quality regulation proposed by this 
administration has been based on nontransparent data and unverifiable 
claims.
  Americans impacted by EPA regulations have a right to determine for 
themselves if the EPA's actions are based on sound science or a 
partisan agenda. That is why, tomorrow, the Science Committee will 
consider the Secret Science Reform Act. It requires that the EPA make 
its regulatory data publicly available.
  If the EPA has nothing to hide, why not make the information public? 
The American people who foot the bill for these regulations deserve to 
see the data, and good policy requires it.

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