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Senate Democrats Vote To Run Over America’s Truckers And Drive Up Grocery Costs For Working Families
As Rising Grocery Prices Continue To Put Pressure On Working Families, Senate Democrats Today Sided With President Biden's Radical Agenda, Keeping In Place The EPA's Regulations Kneecapping America's Truckers That Drive Our Economy SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Earlier this year, the Senate made use of the Congressional Review Act to push back on a particularly dangerous part of the Biden Administration's radical approach to environmental policy. Our colleague, the senior… Continue Reading
05.11.23
Biden Launches Yet Another Assault In His War On Affordable Energy
Sweeping New War On Coal Regulations Announced Today By President Biden's EPA Will Shutter Power Plants, Drive Up The Cost Of Electricity, And Further Reduce The Electric Grid's Reliability, All While Relying On Technology And Infrastructure That Don't Exist Yet And Could Once Again Run Afoul Of The Law SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "By outsourcing his energy policy to the radical left, President Biden is outsourcing away America's energy security and independence. Today, … Continue Reading
03.29.23
Senate To Vote On Protecting Americans From Biden’s Burdensome And Intrusive WOTUS Rule
Today, Senators Will Vote On Sen. Capito's Congressional Review Act Resolution Disapproving Of The Biden EPA's 'Waters Of The United States Rule,' Which Reaches So Far Into Regulating Private Land Use That It Would Harm Farmers, Infrastructure Projects, And Small Businesses And Has Attracted Bipartisan Opposition SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "America's farmers and ranchers have tough enough jobs without Washington Democrats inventing new problems. But yet again, unelected… Continue Reading
08.07.22
Democrats Vote To Continue Biden’s War On Coal
Democrats Voted To Protect A $45 Million Slush Fund In Their Legislation That Is Attempting To Circumvent This Year's Supreme Court Ruling That The EPA Lacks Statutory Authority To Control Greenhouse Gas Emissions Through Regulations On Power Plants All 50 Senate Democrats voted for a slush fund to continue the Biden administration's War on Coal in an attempt to circumvent the Supreme Court's ruling that the EPA has no authority to regulate power plant greenhouse emissions under this statute… Continue Reading
11.09.21
Biden Administration Launches New Offensive In Their War On Coal
After Eight Disastrous Years For Energy Policy Under The Obama Administration, Its Retreads In The Biden Administration Are Pledging To Revive The War On Coal, With John Kerry Telling Climate Activists That 'We Won't Have Coal' While The Biden EPA Attempts To Revive The Supreme Court-Blocked 'Clean Power Plan' And Congressional Democrats Pursue Policies That Will Make Energy More Expensive And Less Reliable For Americans SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "As a Kentuckian, I'm all… Continue Reading
10.17.19
Democrats Seek To Revive The War On Coal
Senate Democrats Want To Turn Back The Clock And Revive A Costly 'Complex Scheme' From The Obama Administration That Would Have Raised Energy Costs For Families And Shipped Jobs Overseas "Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) vowed on Thursday to force a floor vote in the Senate on blocking the Trump administration's efforts to repeal Obama-era rules mandating a shift from coal power … It is one of several efforts Mr. Schumer said he plans to make to stem President Trump's r… Continue Reading
06.20.19
Replacing The Obama EPA’s Job-Killing Coal Regulation
The Trump Administration Is Doing Away With An Obama EPA Regulation That 'Would Have Weaponized A Federal Agency To Bury Energy Producers,' 'Left Higher Electricity Costs In Its Wake,' And Cost American Jobs "The Environmental Protection Agency finalized its replacement for Obama's signature climate policy on Wednesday with a rule officials say will still reduce greenhouse gas emissions … The Clean Power Plan, which never went into effect, was a signature policy proposed by Presiden… Continue Reading
01.30.18
Improving The Lives Of The American People
The Major Accomplishments Of The 115th Congress SEN. MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "When President Trump delivers his State of the Union address, he will have outstanding news to share. After a decade of sluggish growth and stagnant paychecks, our country is back on the right track. Optimism is sweeping across the country, and the economy is finally gaining momentum. The Trump administration has worked with the Republican Congress to improve the lives of the American people. … Republicans have… Continue Reading
10.26.17
15 CRAs: Draining The Regulatory Swamp
Continuing The 'Most Ambitious Regulatory Rollback Since Reagan,' Congress Scraps Another Bureaucratic Rule FIFTEEN: Overturning A Rule That Could Have Meant Higher Credit Card Rates And 'A Bonanza For Trial Lawyers' SEN. MIKE CRAPO (R-ID), Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman: "[T]he entire purpose of this rule is to promote class action litigation and to stop arbitration resolution when there is a dispute…. The CFPB failed to demonstrate that consumers will… Continue Reading
10.03.17
‘Cut The Red Tape’
Like Congress, President Trump 'Followed Through' On His Pledge To Ease Regulatory Burdens 'Lots Of Presidents Talked About Getting Rid Of Bad Regulations - Trump Is Actually Doing It' "Getting rid of unneeded regulations may be the single-most effective spur to economic growth that's available to the federal government. Thankfully, unlike most recent presidents, President Trump is taking the job of cutting bad regulations seriously. That can be evidenced by the special 'Deregulation Day' th… Continue Reading
06.01.17
Putting American Families First
Former President Obama's UN Agreement 'Unfairly Jeopardized The American Economy' SEN. MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "I applaud President Trump and his administration for dealing yet another significant blow to the Obama Administration's assault on domestic energy production and jobs. President Obama made commitments in this deal based off a costly power plan that we knew at the time was on shaky legal ground. By withdrawing from this unattainable mandate, President Trump has reiterated his commitme… Continue Reading
05.11.17
14 CRAs: A Victory For American Workers
Repealed Regulations 'Will Save $3.7 Billion In Total Regulatory Costs … And Eliminate 4.2 Million Hours Of Paperwork' SEN. MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "[We have] wasted no time in providing regulatory relief to Americans and restoring legislative power where it rightfully belongs, with the people through their elected representatives in Congress. We have a tool that's proved incredibly helpful in this regard. It's called the Congressional Review Act." (Sen. McConnell, Floor Remarks, 5/11/20… Continue Reading
01.17.17
Scott Pruitt ‘More Than Qualified To Lead EPA’
Pruitt 'Will Strike The Right Balance Between Protecting Our Land, Air And Water While Respecting The Rights Of Property Owners And Entrepreneurs' "The Oklahoma attorney general is likely to be confirmed, only needing 50 votes in the upper chamber, and has already earned the support of Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)." ("Five Things To Watch In Round 2 Of Trump Confirmation Fights," The Hill, 1/17/17) "Dem Manchin lauds Trump's EPA pick: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) lauded President-elect Donald Tr… Continue Reading
06.08.16
Toxic Substances Control Act A ‘Major Chemical Safety Overhaul’
'The Most Far-Reaching And Influential Environmental Statute Passed By Congress Since The Body Updated The Clean Air Act In 1990' SEN, JIM INHOFE (R-OK), Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman: "This historic piece of environmental regulatory reform is a great example of the Republican-led Congress working for the American people by enacting meaningful and commonsense legislation... This soon-to-be law will protect and support millions of domestic jobs and spur economic growth for d… Continue Reading
02.10.16
‘A Major Setback’ For Pres. Obama’s Anti-Coal Regs
Supreme Court Order Shows Obama EPA's Anti-Coal Regulations 'Could Be In Legal Jeopardy' SEN. MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "Last year I called on governors to hold off submitting plans mandated under the President's regressive federal energy regulations until courts could determine whether the regulations were even legal. Today's Supreme Court order to halt those regulations-regulations that attack the middle class and won't even have a meaningful impact on global carbon emissions-is just the latest… Continue Reading
01.20.16
Obama’s Regulatory ‘Nightmare’
Farmers, Small Businesses, States Object to White House Waters of the U.S. 'Powergrab' "President Obama on Tuesday rejected an attempt by congressional Republicans to overturn his landmark regulation asserting federal power over small bodies of water." ("Obama Vetoes GOP Attempt To Block Water Rule," The Hill, 1/19/2016) SEN. McCONNELL: "WOTUS isn't really a clean-water measure, it's an unprecedented federal power grab clumsily masquerading as one. In passing a bipartisan measure to overtur… Continue Reading
11.17.15
Punishing The Poor
Coal Miner: 'You Say You're The President Of The People? Well We're People Too' SEN. MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "The Obama Administration is trying to impose deeply regressive energy regulations that would eliminate good-paying jobs, punish the poor, and make it even harder for Kentuckians to put food on the table. Their effect on global carbon levels? Essentially a rounding error. Their effect on poor and Middle-Class families? Potentially devastating. And yet. The deep-pocketed left-wingers w… Continue Reading
11.03.15
EPA’s Water ‘Nightmare’
'We've Heard Horror Stories' About The EPA EPA Waters Of The U.S. Regulation: 'A Nightmare For U.S. Citizens' "Barack Obama's water war… a massive power grab by Washington." ("Barack Obama's Water War," Politico, 5/27/15) "…it will give bureaucrats carte blanche to swoop in and penalize landowners every time a cow walks through a ditch." ("Barack Obama's Water War," Politico, 5/27/15) "With their efforts to redefine waters to be regulated by the Clean Water Act, they've… Continue Reading
10.27.15
‘Wave’ Of Opposition To EPA Power Grab Grows
'Publication Of The EPA's Carbon Rule … Has Prompted A Flurry Of Legal And Legislative Action' SEN. MITCH McCONNELL (R-KY): "The publication of these regulations does not represent an end, but a beginning. It's the beginning of a new front to defend hardworking Middle Class Americans from massive regulations that target them. That front is opening here in Congress, and it's opening across the country as states file lawsuits and Governors stand up for their own Middle Class constituent… Continue Reading
10.01.15
EPA Ozone Rule: ‘Costliest Regulation In History’
'Unattainable' EPA Rule Would Have 'Huge Economic Impact,' 'Could Cost The Equivalent of 1.4 Million Jobs Annually' EPA's 'Environmental Justice' Will 'Jeopardize A Resurgence In American Manufacturing' "In August 2011, as President Obama prepared to unveil a major new environmental regulation on smog, his political advisers issued a warning: The rule would affect power plants and factories throughout the Midwest, slowing the economy in states like Ohio that would be crucial to the presi… Continue Reading
