[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 588]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     EPA DISREGARDS STATES' RIGHTS

  (Mr. HALL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HALL. Mr. Speaker, I'm very troubled by the U.S. Circuit Court of 
Appeals for the District of Columbia's decision to allow the 
Environmental Protection Agency to disregard States' rights in 
implementing the Clean Air Act by seizing control of greenhouse gas 
permitting activities in our State of Texas. The EPA's regulatory 
interference in the State permitting process will have a very 
detrimental effect on jobs and the economy of not just Texas, but 
potentially the entire Nation.
  The authority for EPA's action is grounded in the agency's 
``endangerment finding,'' which is based on controversial scientific 
conclusions regarding the threat and impact of climate change. EPA's 
pursuit of job-killing regulation is the last thing this economy needs 
right now.
  Congress and the Obama administration both owe it to the public to 
base regulatory action on methods that are beyond reproach.

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