Rep. Capito Cosponsors Bill to Stop EPA Coal Rule

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U.S. Representative Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) has signed on as an original cosponsor of bipartisan legislation to block President Obama's proposed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule on existing coal-fired power plants.

H.R. 4813 would void both the rule proposed last week and a proposed new plant rule while prohibiting the EPA from issuing any similar new rules for the next five years without congressional approval.

"President Obama's Environmental Protection Agency fails to grasp or acknowledge what coal means for West Virginia. Coal powers West Virginia's economy and provides paychecks to tens of thousands of West Virginia families. Congress has said no repeatedly to a national energy tax, yet the EPA continues to propose rules that would raise energy prices while killing American jobs. It's time for the House to set this administration straight yet again and say no to policies that hurt West Virginia families," Rep. Capito said.

H.R. 4813 was introduced by Rep. David McKinley (R-W.Va.) and is cosponsored by 68 other members of the House.

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