[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 12063]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            FIGHTING TO PROTECT MONTANANS FROM EPA OVERREACH

  (Mr. DAINES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAINES. Mr. Speaker, Montanans tell me every day how the EPA's 
ever-changing rules are preventing them from hiring new workers or 
forcing them to foot the bill for unreasonable compliance costs. In 
fact, one Montanan said, you know, the EPA must stand for the 
Employment Prevention Agency.
  The EPA's out-of-control regulatory overreach costs hardworking 
American taxpayers billions of dollars and thousands of jobs every year 
and all-too-often is put into place with a lack of oversight or public 
input.
  The Energy Consumers Relief Act is an important step in making the 
EPA accountable to the American people. This bill blocks the 
implementation of rules that harm the economy and ensures that before 
the EPA finalizes any rule costing more than $1 billion, it informs 
Congress of the rule's impact on the economy and on energy prices.
  Another important bill, the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act, 
brings much-needed regulatory certainty to job creators and helps keep 
energy costs low by taking the power out of the EPA's hands and 
returning it to the States where it belongs.
  These commonsense proposals will help keep energy costs low for 
American families, protect thousands of good-paying jobs, and 
ultimately ensure that the EPA's accountable to the American people.

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