Senate Proceeding on Oct 22nd, 2009 :: 1:09:05 to 1:13:30
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John Barrasso: president of the united states promised the american people when he was running for president of the united mr. president, i y floor. a senator: the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. barrasso: mr. president, i rise today to talk about a bill

1:09:05 to 1:13:30( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: John Barrasso

1:09:23 to 1:09:43( Edit History Discussion )

John Barrasso: called the clean air protection act. mr. president, the environmental protection agency administrator lisa jackson has stated that she believes that the clean air act was not specifically designed to address greenhouse gases. she also says using the clean air act change raises serious concerns.

1:09:44 to 1:10:04( Edit History Discussion )

John Barrasso: well, mr. president, i agree with her completely. so, then what was the e.p.a.'s response to the problem? well, they developed a tailored interpretation of the clean air act where they ignore certain provisions of the law. this tailored interpretation actually called the tailoring rule.

1:10:05 to 1:10:26( Edit History Discussion )

John Barrasso: the tailoring rule is e.p.a.'s attempt to limit the scope of the clean air act. limited to only those businesses that emit 25,000 tons of greenhouse gases. well, that's 100 times more than the amount of emissions that are currently allowed by law. saying that the e.p.a. will only

1:10:27 to 1:10:47( Edit History Discussion )

John Barrasso: limit emissions from large businesses is not allowed under the current law, the clean air act. so if you're going to use the clean air act to regulate greenhouse gas emissions for american businesses, you have to use the standard that congress has set out in the act. the e.p.a.'s approach is not

1:10:48 to 1:11:08( Edit History Discussion )

John Barrasso: legal, and i can tell you it will be challenged in court. now, i alerted e.p.a. administrator jackson and the e.p.a. assistant administrator regina mccarthy that special interest groups are scheming to sue the e.p.a. suits will be filed in the e.p.a. does not follow the clean

1:11:09 to 1:11:29( Edit History Discussion )

John Barrasso: air act limits. sue them to capture hospital farms, nursing homes, commercial buildings and any other small emitter of greenhouse gases. i put a hold on regina mccarthy. at the time she was the nominee to be the assistant administrator of the e.p.a. office of air and radiation. i did this because of my concern

1:11:30 to 1:11:50( Edit History Discussion )

John Barrasso: about lawsuits, lawsuits if the e.p.a. attempted to use clean air act to regulate climate change. i wanted to know what the e.p.a.'s solution to the problem would be. when asked about potential lawsuits,egina p mccarthy said that she will -- quote -- "request that i be informed if

1:11:51 to 1:12:12( Edit History Discussion )

John Barrasso: any such notice is filed with regard to a small source. and i will follow up with potential litigants." that's the e.p.a.'s solution, mr. president? to sit down over a cup of coffee and ask lawyers or special interest groups not to groups know the law.

1:12:13 to 1:12:33( Edit History Discussion )

John Barrasso: they know what it says. and now the e.p.a. administrator is opening the door to environmentalists and other activists to file suit, to sue to run small businesses into the ground. well, mr. president, up to 1.2 million hospitals and farms and nursing homes and commerce buildings and other small emitters could be bankrupt.

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John Barrasso: the net result of all of this will be jobs lost. according to the heritage foundation, job losses are estimated to reach 800,000. the solution to this problem is not to have government officials go around sking litigants to not sue. the solution is to pass legislation that takes this regulatory ticking time bomb off

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John Barrasso: of the table for good. that's why i've introduced legislation to fix the problem, the bill, s. 1622, the clean air protection act, takes the air act out of the business of regulating climate change. my legislation allows car and truck r clean air act to move forward

1:13:17 to 1:13:30( Edit History Discussion )

John Barrasso: while stopping the regulation of stationary sources such as small businesses, hospitals, farms and nursing homes. given the introduction of the tailoring rule by the e.p.a., congress should pass s. 1622,