Rep. Gosar Denounces EPA Overreach, Supports the 24 States Opposing EPA's Illegal Power Plan Rule

Statement

Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its power plant carbon rules in the Federal Register which begins a 60-day window for states and companies opposed to the rule to file lawsuits:

"Administrator McCarthy is living in Fantasy Land if she actually believes that the "EPA has never had a better and more open relationship with the states.' When more than two dozen states launch legal challenges in less than 24 hours in response to a proposed new regulation, it's safe to say that the feeling is not mutual. This overreaching new rule illegally strips away the authority of individual states to determine their own energy policies. By forcing this fundamentally flawed mandate down the throats of energy providers and consumers, the president is threatening to extinguish millions of good paying jobs, to cause energy prices to skyrocket and to further impoverish American families already struggling to make ends meet."

"Ultimately, Congress, not EPA bureaucrats at the behest of the President, should dictate our country's environmental policies. The truth is President Obama, the EPA and the rest of his bureaucratic minions are circumventing Congress because Obama was never able to get the support to pass Cap and Trade. Federal judges have already slapped down numerous new environmental regulations imposed by this out-of-control administration. I have no doubt that the power plant carbon regulations will suffer the same fate."

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