Hoeven Statement in Response to the Administration Moratorium on Federal Coal Leases

Statement

Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement in response to the administration's announcement that it will review the federal coal program and suspend issuing new coal leases:

"Today, President Obama announced a moratorium on federal coal leases. He is again trying to go around Congress by imposing regulations that will slow down the leasing process and add expense in order to prevent coal mining on public and private lands. That's a problem because it will destroy jobs, raise the cost of electricity for consumers and prevent the investments necessary to develop new technologies that will produce more energy, more efficiently and with better environmental stewardship."

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