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To urge the Congress of the United States to adopt | 1 |
legislation invalidating regulations of the United | 2 |
States Environmental Protection Agency related to | 3 |
greenhouse gases. | 4 |
WHEREAS, The Administrator of the United States Environmental | 5 |
Protection Agency has formally issued an endangerment finding in | 6 |
the Federal Register under the federal Clean Air Act regarding six | 7 |
greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide; and | 8 |
WHEREAS, The Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to | 9 |
regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the Clean | 10 |
Air Act without Congressional input represents a clear | 11 |
contravention of the principle of separation of powers; and | 12 |
WHEREAS, The regulation of carbon dioxide and other | 13 |
greenhouse gases has serious implications with respect to the | 14 |
economy of the United States and would likely result in slower or | 15 |
negative economic growth, a loss of competitiveness in the global | 16 |
market, and a reduction of the standard of living of the citizens | 17 |
of the United States; and | 18 |
WHEREAS, At a time when the economy is in a fragile period of | 19 |
recovery from the most severe recession since the Great | 20 |
Depression, the unemployment rate exceeds ten per cent, and job | 21 |
growth has been negligible, it would be unwise to embark upon a | 22 |
new regulatory scheme that would create serious economic | 23 |
uncertainty; and | 24 |
WHEREAS, There are multiple joint resolutions pending in the | 25 |
Congress, Senate Joint Resolution 26 and House Joint Resolutions | 26 |
76 and 77, that have been introduced by members of both political | 27 |
parties. Those resolutions have been introduced pursuant to | 28 |
provisions of the Congressional Review Act, which authorizes | 29 |
Congress to review every new federal regulation issued by federal | 30 |
agencies and, by passage of a joint resolution, overrule a | 31 |
regulation. The resolutions generally provide that the Congress of | 32 |
the United States disapproves of the rule submitted by the United | 33 |
States Environmental Protection Agency related to the endangerment | 34 |
finding for greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act; now | 35 |
therefore be it | 36 |
RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 128th General Assembly | 37 |
of the State of Ohio, in adopting this resolution, strongly urge | 38 |
the Congress to adopt legislation that disapproves of the rule of | 39 |
the United States Environmental Protection Agency related to the | 40 |
endangerment finding for greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act; | 41 |
and be it further | 42 |
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly | 43 |
authenticated copies of this resolution to the Speaker and Clerk | 44 |
of the United States House of Representatives, the President Pro | 45 |
Tempore and Secretary of the United States Senate, the members of | 46 |
the Ohio Congressional delegation, and the news media of Ohio. | 47 |