[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17041]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      GET GOVERNMENT OUT OF THE WAY AND PUT AMERICANS BACK TO WORK

  (Mr. YODER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. YODER. Madam Speaker, Americans want Congress to support policies 
that help put our Nation back to work. Creating jobs is the key to 
improving our economy.
  However, too often, government stands in the way of job creation by 
imposing costly regulations on businesses and municipalities, creating 
uncertainty and hindering job growth.
  I recently visited a wastewater treatment facility in my district. 
While there, I learned that new EPA mandates, specifically on wet 
weather wastewater treatment, will increase costs on Johnson County, 
Kansas, ratepayers by 25 percent.
  New EPA regulations on an energy plant in Kansas City, Kansas, will 
force the board of public utilities to make modifications--$250 million 
in costs--resulting in a 15 to 20 percent monthly increase in the 
average electric bill to consumers, families, and businesses in 
Wyandotte County, who are already feeling the crunch of hard economic 
times.
  These regulations are essentially hidden taxes on Kansas families, 
many of whom are already pinching pennies to pay their bills.
  Madam Speaker, regulations do not create jobs. Let's get government 
out of the way and let's put Americans back to work.

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