[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5664]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     CLEAN POWER PLAN IN MINNESOTA

  (Mr. EMMER of Minnesota asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. EMMER of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to raise awareness 
about the questionable requirements the State of Minnesota has been 
given by the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan.
  The Clean Power Plan mandates that Minnesota reduce carbon emissions 
for power plants by 41 percent by the year 2030, while requiring lower 
reductions in other States. The EPA has failed to recognize and credit 
Minnesota for already decreasing its emissions by 13 percent between 
2005 and 2011.
  Not only is this plan patently unfair to Minnesotans, but it will 
hurt consumers across our Nation. Electricity prices will increase for 
many businesses and families, disproportionately impacting those who 
are already struggling to make ends meet.
  Additionally, according to the Cato Institute, the plan will only 
reduce the average worldwide temperature by about two-hundredths of a 
degree Celsius, and that will take almost 100 years.
  I encourage the EPA to reconsider the Clean Power Plan, while keeping 
in mind the work many States have already done on their own to reduce 
emissions.

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