Posted on 02/12/2011 12:22:23 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
The Hill E2 wire reports:
House GOP spending bill prohibits funding for EPA climate regs
A government spending bill unveiled Friday night by House Republicans would prohibit funding for Environmental Protection Agency climate regulations through September of this year.
The continuing resolution, which would fund the government through the end of the fiscal year, is the latest attempt by Republicans to stop EPA from regulating greenhouse gas emissions. Republicans argue that pending EPA climate rules will destroy the economy and result in significant job losses. GOP lawmakers, including House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.), have introduced legislation to permanently block the agency’s climate authority.
The bill would block funding for all current and pending EPA climate regulations for stationary sources.
Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), the chairman of the Appropriations subcommittee on interior and the environment, said he worked closely on the language with Upton. He said the language would give Upton time to move forward with his legislation.
“It has become clear to me in talking to the job creators in this country that allowing these regulations to go into effect would prevent job creation and inhibit economic growth at a time when our economy is still struggling,” Simpson said in a statement. “It should be up to Congress, not the Administration, to determine whether and how to regulate greenhouse gases, and in attempting to do so without congressional authority, I’m concerned that EPA has overreached.”
The continuing resolution makes massive cuts to the EPA’s budget. The legislation cuts EPA funding by $3 billion, 29 percent below fiscal year 2010. Overall, Simpson cut $4.5 billion from his subcommittee’s budget.
Full report here: House GOP spending bill prohibits funding for EPA climate regs
Amen, amen, amen! Dear God, I hope this passes!
Hey thanks for the link. Going right now to read.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s absolutely important to make big cuts in the budget. It’s just as important though to reign in if not outright eliminate agencies like the EPA, FCC, BATFE, etc. that keep passing regs with multi-trillion dollar consequences to our economy. Getting rid of some of these wouldn’t do much for the budget but the benefits would be a thousand times that.
Excellent news!
Anything that helps to kill the EPA and the crazy, far left female lunatic that runs it, can only be good for America.
Now if they can rid us of the Dept. of Ed. and interior we will see something.
Easy.
Regulate everything. That's what EPA is reaching for.
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