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Rep. Capito Statement on EPA Rule

Statement

Date: June 2, 2014
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Energy Environment

U.S. Representative Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) issued the following statement today regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new rule on existing coal-fired power plants:

"President Obama has made it clear that he intends to use his executive powers to pick winners and losers, and the loser in today's announcement is West Virginia. Coal powers West Virginia's economy and provides paychecks to tens of thousands of West Virginia families. This rule threatens our state's way of life and would irreparably damage our state's economy. We need policies that allow coal to be part of a national all-of-the-above energy strategy to produce secure, affordable, abundant domestic energy. Instead, the president is circumventing Congress to impose a national energy tax on Americans to further his environmental agenda, and the working families of West Virginia will bear the burden of fewer jobs and higher energy prices."


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