Volume 160, No. 8 covering the 2nd Session of the 113th Congress (2013 - 2014) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“REGULATIONS ON COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H186 on Jan. 14, 2014.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
REGULATIONS ON COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Thompson) for 5 minutes.
Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, the Obama administration has repeatedly asserted their regulations on coal-fired power plants will not be a death blow to the industry. Unfortunately, the Environmental Protection Agency's most recently published rule for new coal-fired power plants tells us this claim could not be further from the truth.
The administration asserts this regulation on new coal-fired plants will make use of ``adequately demonstrated'' technologies. Well, according to the Washington Examiner's editorial board:
Federal law has long barred the EPA from mandating industry use of technology that has not been ``adequately demonstrated'' as ready for commercial use. It is simply ludicrous for the EPA to claim in its proposed new rule that CCS technology has reached such a point.
Mr. Speaker, this administration is dead-set on eliminating coal from our fuel mix without a plan to make up for the energy that it provides or the jobs that it supports. It is an anti-energy agenda that is costing jobs, harming economic growth, and placing a greater burden on family budgets. The American people deserve better.
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