Rep. Gosar Responds to New Report Finding EPA's Ozone Standard Will Have Job-Crushing Impact in Arizona

Statement

Today, Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after the Center for Regulatory Solutions (CRS), a project of the Small Business Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council), published a new report detailing the economic impact of the EPA's new lower federal ozone standard:

"In late October, the EPA once again moved the goal posts by unilaterally publishing a fundamentally-flawed new regulation that dramatically lowered the ozone standard for communities throughout the nation. This blatant overreach, not based on the best available science, will kill tens of thousands of jobs annually and cause more harm to our economy than any regulation in the history of this great country.

"Furthermore, it is laughable that the EPA admits it does not have a clear plan for dealing with background ozone generated by factors outside the state's control. This means the EPA is literally attempting to punish Arizona for ozone pollution that is created in California, Mexico and even China. This out-of-control agency, under the leadership of President Obama, continues its lawless, ideological attack on energy producers in order to further its own control over the lives of every American. I applaud the Center for Regulatory Solutions for their work on this issue and for exposing the significant economic harm that will occur in Arizona as a result of EPA's terrible new regulation."

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