[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3877]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  THE CLEAN AIR, STRONG ECONOMIES ACT

  (Mr. OLSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, EPA has proposed a new lower standard for 
ozone--smog--before America has finished her work on the current 
standard. We have made important gains in air quality, but this latest 
draft is so low that most of America will be out of compliance.
  Under current law, EPA can't even consider whether we have the 
technology to achieve the new low standard. EPA says that half the work 
to meet this new rule will come from technology that doesn't yet exist. 
This rule will mean lost jobs and lost opportunities.
  This week, the gentleman from Ohio, Bob Latta, and I reintroduced 
H.R. 1388, the Clean Air, Strong Economies Act. Our bill requires EPA 
to protect health and consider whether a rule can be met.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to help us balance clean air with a 
strong economy by supporting H.R. 1388.

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