[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 25 (Thursday, February 11, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H751]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 SUPREME COURT STAY ON CLEAN POWER PLAN

  (Mr. YODER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. YODER. Mr. Speaker, every day hardworking American families are 
living with greater burdens placed upon them by their own Federal 
Government. As our constituents struggle to pay their bills and realize 
the American Dream, they do so under a weight of taxes and burdensome 
regulations from Washington.
  This week, the working guy or gal actually got a reprieve from one of 
these costly burdens when the Supreme Court placed a stay on President 
Obama's so-called Clean Power Plan. The $480 billion plan--yes, that is 
billion, with a B--would increase electric rates for millions of 
Americans. In Kansas, electric utility rates may spike by 30 percent.
  At townhall meetings with constituents, I rarely have a constituent 
come up and ask for a 30 percent increase in their electric rates, yet 
Washington will make Americans foot the bill once again.
  What do we get for the $408 billion in hidden taxes and higher 
electric utility rates? A potential one one-hundredth of a degree 
reduction in global temperatures.
  Mr. Speaker, I applaud the Supreme Court for placing a hold on this 
Big Government tax on my constituents. Finally, a win for the little 
guy.

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