[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 390]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             EPA POWER GRAB

  (Mr. REHBERG asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. REHBERG. Mr. Speaker, while efforts to tax energy production have 
failed because of overwhelming public opposition, the Environmental 
Protection Agency quietly perpetrated one of the largest power grabs 
ever.
  A little-noticed decision last year expanded the definition of ``air 
pollutant'' in the Clean Air Act to include greenhouse gases. This 
means the Federal Government now has the authority to regulate 
everything from carbon dioxide to water vapor. As a result, every 
living person is now a source of pollution from exhaling CO2 
and water vapor. Every breath you take, every word you utter is now 
subject to EPA regulations.
  The American people need room to breathe; so I have sponsored H.R. 
391 to do just that. I hope my colleagues will join me because the hot 
air that comes out of this Chamber would qualify us as a Superfund 
site.

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