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Cement Sector Regulator Relief Act of 2011

Floor Speech

Date: Oct. 5, 2011
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Business and Consumers Environment

Mr. Speaker, yesterday, I had the opportunity to meet with Hilltop Resources, a concrete company that has a presence in my southern Indiana district. They were here to talk about how the new Cement MACT regulations would affect their business and their workforce.

Their cost of production would go up 7 to 10 percent--a huge hit for any business. They would have to import more of their raw materials from places like China--materials that are of a lesser quality. And those increased costs would require them to scale back their American workforce at a time when we need them to expand.

We cannot keep letting the EPA impose these burdensome and job-crushing regulations without any concern for how they affect our constituents. When we take up H.R. 2681 later today, we have the chance to help an industry that has already been hit hard by the recession. I urge my colleagues to support this measure.


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