Volume 157, No. 146 covering the 1st Session of the 112th Congress (2011 - 2012) was published by the Congressional Record.
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“TRANSPARENCY IN REGULATORY ANALYSIS OF IMPACTS OF THE NATION ACT OF 2011” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1735-E1736 on Oct. 3, 2011.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
TRANSPARENCY IN REGULATORY ANALYSIS OF IMPACTS OF THE NATION ACT OF
2011
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speech of
HON. ANNA G. ESHOO
of california
in the house of representatives
Thursday, September 22, 2011
The House in Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 2401) to require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes:
Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chair, I'm deeply disappointed that once again we're voting on a bill designed to cripple the Environmental Protection Agency--the agency tasked with protecting our environment and our health.
This bill, the Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation, TRAIN, Act blocks and indefinitely delays two of the most important clean air regulations of the last few decades--the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, and the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule.
These rules require decades-old coal-fired power plants with no modern pollution controls to install readily available technology, reducing cancer-causing dioxins, acid gases and mercury.
Mercury pollution from power plants is particularly harmful for children and can adversely affect developing brains and bodies. Nevertheless, the bill before us expands and deregulates mercury pollution.
The American Lung Association has highlighted the importance of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Rule:
The rule closes a toxic loophole that has existed for 20 years by updating standards to protect Americans all across the country from hazardous air pollution. Without these standards, toxic pollution will continue filling our lungs and more people will suffer--and even die--unnecessarily.
TRAIN Act will create a Train Wreck that will pollute our air and put lives at risk. Ironically, the bill also creates exactly what the majority says they want to get rid of--a new bureaucratic layer to analyze only the cost of EPA regulations while ignoring critical, life-
saving benefits.
This legislation is a waste of taxpayer money and I urge my colleagues to vote against it.
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