[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15401]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. GRACE F. NAPOLITANO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 12, 2011

  Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, October 11, 2011, I 
regrettably missed the votes on rollcall. My leave of absence was due 
to a district event with the Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan. Had I 
been present, I would have voted ``Nay'' on the following bill.
  H. Res. 425--Rule providing for consideration of H.R. 3078, United 
States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act, H.R. 
3079, United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation 
Act, H.R. 3080, United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation 
Act and the Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments to H.R. 2832 
which extends the Generalized System of Preferences, and for other 
purposes.
  Following H. Res. 425, I would have voted ``Yea'' on the following 
amendments.
  Waxman Amendment (#11) which adds a new section at the end of the 
bill to ensure that the bill complies with the Republican discretionary 
CutGo protocol. The section says if the bill authorizes the 
appropriation of funds and does not reduce an existing authorization of 
appropriations to offset that amount, then the bill's provisions cease 
to be effective. CBO currently scores the bill as spending $1 million 
over 5 years subject to appropriations.
  Connolly Amendment (#18) which adds a new section at the end of the 
bill that directs the EPA Administrator not to delay actions to reduce 
pollution emissions from waste incinerators or industrial boilers at 
chemical facilities, oil refineries or large manufacturing facilities 
if such emissions are causing respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses 
and deaths, including cases of heart attacks, asthma attacks and 
bronchitis.
  Markey Amendment which adds a new section at the end of the bill 
which directs the EPA Administrator not to delay actions to reduce 
pollution emissions from waste incinerators or industrial boilers at 
chemical facilities, oil refineries or large manufacturing facilities 
if such emissions are increasing the risk of cancer.
  Edwards Amendment which adds a finding to the bill which states, 
according to EPA, if the rules overturned by the bill remained in 
effect, they would create 2,200 net additional jobs, not including jobs 
created to manufacture and install equipment to reduce air pollution. 
This finding is drawn from EPA's analysis of the rules.
  Schakowsky Amendment which adds a finding to the bill that mercury 
released into the ambient air from cement kilns is a potent neurotoxin 
that can damage the development of an infant's brain.
  Ellison Amendment (#12) which allows EPA to require compliance by 
boilers sooner than 5 years (underlying bill says boilers get at least 
5 years or longer to comply) if the new regulations required to be 
written under the bill result in the creation of more than 1,000 jobs.
  Welch Amendment which adds a finding to the bill affirming that that 
the American people are exposed to mercury from industrial sources 
through the consumption of fish containing mercury and every state in 
the nation has issued at least one mercury advisory for fish 
consumption.
  Jackson-Lee Amendment which requires boilers to comply no later than 
3 years after EPA completes the re-write of boiler rules required by 
the bill. The bill includes a deadline of at least 5 years, the Clean 
Air Act currently requires 3 years and gives states or EPA the ability 
to extend for a 4th year. The Jackson-Lee amendment would retain the 
CAA's current provisions.

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