[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2212]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           CARBON CAPTURE ACT

  (Mr. TIPTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, the United States is blessed with nearly 30 
percent of the world's coal reserves--more than twice that of the 
nearest coal reserve country, Russia, and three times as much as China.
  Colorado is America's 10th leading coal producer. In Colorado's Third 
Congressional District, mines in communities like Craig and Delta 
provide critical jobs and tax revenues as they responsibly produce 
reliable, affordable electricity on which countless Americans rely.
  One thing is certain: the people who work in Colorado's mines and 
coal-fired power plants take great pride in their communities and the 
natural environment. They want to develop the land's abundant resources 
as responsibly as possible with as small a footprint as possible.
  I do not support the President's Clean Power Plan and have voted to 
stop this onerous Federal overreach multiple times. However, as 
industry continuously searches for safer and more efficient ways to 
produce energy, we will need to incentivize the improvement of 
technology. Passing the Carbon Capture Act will help facilitate that.
  Our economic, national, and energy security are all served through 
ensuring that the ability to use our natural resources responsibly to 
provide abundant, affordable energy continues.

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