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Brady Opposes EPA's Latest Attack on Affordable American Energy
3/27/12
White House attempt to circumvent Congress to impose Cap & Trade through back-door will kill jobs, drive up energy costs for families & businesses
WASHINGTON, DC – Today President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled a controversial new rule that will ultimately close the door on new coal-fired utility plants in the future, a move that critics say imposes a de facto energy tax on American families and businesses and the death blow for one of America's most affordable energy sources.
“His own Democratic Congress rejected the President’s cap-and-trade scheme and now he’s trying to impose this mandate through the back-door of regulation. This will kill American jobs and drive up utility bills for Texas families and businesses,” said Brady. “Why are we handcuffing the plants that generate affordable electricity to so many of our homes and small businesses? This is more of the extreme environmental agenda that convinced President Obama to deny the Keystone XL pipeline.”
Because White House red-tape like this that will cause more than a trillion dollars in damage to America’s economy, House Republicans this session have repeatedly sought to block and repeal global warming mandates rushed through by the White House, but the EPA continues to aggressively take controversial actions to shut down coal plants across the country.
"There is bi-partisan outrage on this attack on coal," added Brady. "This ridiculous and ill-conceived rule will kill the construction of new coal-fired utility plants and have a devastating effect on electricity rates, as well as our struggling economy. With this latest massive government over reach, the EPA is once again showing us that affordable, accessible American energy is never going to be a priority for this administration."