[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 16519-16520]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

      By Mr. McCONNELL (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Mrs. Capito, Mr. 
        Inhofe, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Lee, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Boozman, 
        Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Scott, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Alexander, 
        Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Thune, 
        Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Coats, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Lankford, 
        Mr. Risch, Mr. Vitter, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Barrasso, Mr.

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        Moran, Mr. Flake, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Isakson, Mr. 
        Enzi, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Paul, Mrs. 
        Ernst, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Daines, Mr. Sasse, Mr. McCain, Mr. 
        Shelby, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Graham, and Mr. Corker):
  S.J. Res. 23. A joint resolution providing for congressional 
disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule 
submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to 
``Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, 
Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility 
Generating Units''; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text 
of the joint resolution be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the joint resolution was 
ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows:

                              S.J. Res. 23

       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, of the 
     United States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress 
     disapproves the rule submitted by the Environmental 
     Protection Agency relating to ``Standards of Performance for 
     Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and 
     Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating 
     Units'' (published at 80 Fed. Reg. 64510 (October 23, 2015)), 
     and such rule shall have no force or effect.

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