Rokita Fights to Lower Hoosier Energy Costs, Protect Hoosier Jobs

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Representative Todd Rokita, a member of the Congressional Coal Caucus, released the following statement after supporting the passage of the Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America Act, H.R. 2824:

"President Obama continues his attempts to bankrupt the coal industry by executive fiat, this time wasting nearly $10 million in taxpayer money on costly regulatory rewrites. The Obama Administration has once again placed ideology ahead of the jobs of Hoosiers and the electric bills of millions of American families," Rokita said.

The bill passed the House 229-192 with bipartisan support.

The Obama Administration has pursued an aggressive regulatory agenda, and has been ideologically bent on destroying the coal industry, spiking Hoosier energy costs, and killing Hoosier energy jobs. H.R. 2824 protects Hoosier coal jobs and promotes lower energy costs by preventing the Obama Administration from continuing the wasteful, job-killing process outlined below.

Rokita has been on the front line in protecting Hoosiers from costly and ideologically-driven rules and regulations. In 2011, Rep. Rokita, along with the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, launched the Red Tape Rollback initiative to target unnecessary, burdensome and economically destructive regulations for defeat or repeal. To date the program has achieved 34 victories.

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