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H. C. R. No. 15 As Reported by the House Agriculture and Natural Resources CommitteeAs Reported by the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
| 129th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2011-2012 |
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Cosponsors:
Representatives Blessing, Thompson, Adams, J., Carey, Maag, Hayes, Blair, Martin, Schuring, Buchy, Mecklenborg, Young, Ruhl, Bubp
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION | To urge Congress to take certain actions regarding
the United States Environmental Protection
Agency's proposed regulations on air quality and
greenhouse gas emissions.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE SENATE CONCURRING):
| WHEREAS, The United States is recovering from the largest
recession since the Great Depression. The U.S. government must do
all that it can to promote economic recovery and foster a stable
and predictable business environment that will lead to the
creation of jobs; and |
| WHEREAS, This economic recovery is threatened by regulations
on air quality and greenhouse gas emissions proposed by the United
States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). These proposed
regulations threaten to harm the U.S. economy, job growth, and
competitiveness in the global economy; and |
| WHEREAS, The proposed regulations are known as the "train
wreck" because of the numerous and overlapping requirements and
the potentially devastating consequences of these regulations on
the U.S. economy. The proposed regulations are in addition to the
other burdensome regulations that are driving jobs and industry
out of the country; and |
| WHEREAS, Neither the USEPA nor the Administration of
President Barack Obama has undertaken a comprehensive analysis of
how the proposed regulations would affect the U.S. economy. The
USEPA also has not analyzed what the environmental benefits of its
proposed greenhouse regulations would be in terms of impacting the
global climate; and |
| WHEREAS, Though the proposed regulations are intended to
improve public health, the public health and welfare actually will
be negatively impacted if the proposed regulations take effect.
The public health and welfare will suffer without significant job
creation and economic improvement because people with good jobs
are better able to take care of themselves and their families than
those who are unemployed and because environmental improvement is
only possible in a society that generates wealth; now therefore be
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| RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 129th General Assembly
of the State of Ohio, while supporting efforts to improve our
country's air quality, urge the Congress of the United States to
enact legislation prohibiting the United States Environmental
Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions by any
means necessary, including defunding the USEPA's greenhouse gas
emission regulatory activities; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That we urge the Congress of the United States to
enact legislation imposing a moratorium on the promulgation of any
new air quality regulations, except those that directly address an
imminent health or environmental emergency, by any means necessary
for two years, including defunding the USEPA's air quality
regulatory activities; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That we urge the Congress of the United States to
require the Administration of President Barack Obama to study and
make a report to Congress that identifies all regulatory
activities that the USEPA intends to undertake in furtherance of
its goal of "taking action on climate change and improving air
quality" and specifies the cumulative effect of all those
identified regulatory activities on the U.S. economy, job
creation, and economic competitiveness. The study also should
include any other federal agencies and departments that have
expertise in and responsibility for the economy and the generation
of electricity and its transmission through the electrical grid.
The study also should provide an objective cost-benefit analysis
of all of the USEPA's current and planned regulations; and be it
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| RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the House of Representatives
transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the
President of the United States, to the Administrator of the United
States Environmental Protection Agency, to the Speaker and Clerk
of the United States House of Representatives, to the President
Pro Tempore and Secretary of the United States Senate, to the
members of the Ohio Congressional delegation, and to the news
media of Ohio. |
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