Congress Standing Up For American People Against Bureaucrats Will Be A Big Deal
By: Doug Busselman, Executive Vice President
The bi-partisan resolution (S.J. Res. 26) by Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is scheduled to be taken up in the U.S. Senate on June 10th. If successful, it will mark an initial legislative action to officially disapprove of the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations on Green House Gases, using the Clean Air Act as their excuse for the regulations. A House companion measure (H.J. Res. 76) has been introduced by Congressman Ike Skelton from Missouri. Currently the House version has 26 Democratic members (along with Skelton) who are supporting the roll-back on EPA’s grab for regulatory power
Nevada’s Senator, John Ensign is a co-signer with Senator Murkowski on S.J. Res. 26. It would be worthwhile for contacts to be made to encourage Nevada Congressman Dean Heller to become a co-sponsor for H.J. Res. 76. Contacts asking for Nevada’s two other members of Congress (Representative Berkley and Representative Titus) would also be worthwhile, but given their record of voting in support of government intrusion into forcing energy prices higher with the House-passed tax and trade bill, it might be difficult for them to oppose the Big Brother command and control model that EPA is attempting to carry out.
Only Congress can stop EPA from fully implementing the regulatory plans that they are proceeding to put in place by January of 2011.
The regulatory plan by EPA is an over-reaching effort which will provide nothing more than a greater regulatory burden and increased costs – with no benefits. Agricultural producers understand that while the zealous EPA regulatory hierarchy is suggesting that they are only interested in the big green house gas emitters – there is no ability to not inflict the regulatory zing into everyone. Many livestock production operations, dairy farmers, greenhouses and poultry producers will be affected at some point (estimates are that as much as 90 percent of livestock production in the U.S. will be impacted) with requirements for expensive permits and other restrictive actions.
All of us will be forced to pay for higher energy costs, brought about as EPA bureaucrats assess costly fees on those who produce our energy products.
Congress needs to step up and do something meaningful for their constituents and our nation’s economy. Passage of S.J. Res. 26 by the U.S. Senate and H.J. Res. 76 in the U.S. House will be something worthy of appreciation, coming from this session of Congress.
The bi-partisan resolution (S.J. Res. 26) by Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is scheduled to be taken up in the U.S. Senate on June 10th. If successful, it will mark an initial legislative action to officially disapprove of the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations on Green House Gases, using the Clean Air Act as their excuse for the regulations. A House companion measure (H.J. Res. 76) has been introduced by Congressman Ike Skelton from Missouri. Currently the House version has 26 Democratic members (along with Skelton) who are supporting the roll-back on EPA’s grab for regulatory power
Nevada’s Senator, John Ensign is a co-signer with Senator Murkowski on S.J. Res. 26. It would be worthwhile for contacts to be made to encourage Nevada Congressman Dean Heller to become a co-sponsor for H.J. Res. 76. Contacts asking for Nevada’s two other members of Congress (Representative Berkley and Representative Titus) would also be worthwhile, but given their record of voting in support of government intrusion into forcing energy prices higher with the House-passed tax and trade bill, it might be difficult for them to oppose the Big Brother command and control model that EPA is attempting to carry out.
Only Congress can stop EPA from fully implementing the regulatory plans that they are proceeding to put in place by January of 2011.
The regulatory plan by EPA is an over-reaching effort which will provide nothing more than a greater regulatory burden and increased costs – with no benefits. Agricultural producers understand that while the zealous EPA regulatory hierarchy is suggesting that they are only interested in the big green house gas emitters – there is no ability to not inflict the regulatory zing into everyone. Many livestock production operations, dairy farmers, greenhouses and poultry producers will be affected at some point (estimates are that as much as 90 percent of livestock production in the U.S. will be impacted) with requirements for expensive permits and other restrictive actions.
All of us will be forced to pay for higher energy costs, brought about as EPA bureaucrats assess costly fees on those who produce our energy products.
Congress needs to step up and do something meaningful for their constituents and our nation’s economy. Passage of S.J. Res. 26 by the U.S. Senate and H.J. Res. 76 in the U.S. House will be something worthy of appreciation, coming from this session of Congress.
Posted by Doug Busselman at 5/27/2010 3:07 PM 
Categories: Congress
Tags: EPA Senator Murkowski Green House Gas Regulations Global Warming Clean Air Act
Categories: Congress
Tags: EPA Senator Murkowski Green House Gas Regulations Global Warming Clean Air Act
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