Republicans cut language on scientific concerns about climate change from legislation thwarting federal emissions rules because the language did not address the bill?s ?key? issues, a GOP aide said.
House lawmakers will vote next week on the bill that revokes the Environmental Protection Agency?s power to regulate greenhouse gases ? part of a larger package addressing what Republicans call a White House ?war? on coal.
Unlike an earlier version of the EPA regulation bill (H.R. 910) that the House approved in 2011, the bill no longer contains a ?sense of Congress? that cited evidence of rising temperatures and sea levels, while stating the United States has a role to play addressing climate on an international basis. A GOP aide said the language isn't needed this time around.
?The Stop the War on Coal Act is about protecting jobs and affordable energy, and the portion of the bill based on H.R. 910 is specifically addressing the question of [greenhouse gas] regulation under the Clean Air Act,? said a spokeswoman for House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.), the author of the bill to thwart EPA.
The ?sense of Congress? section ?does not address those key issues, and was therefore not included in this package,? the aide said.
The stripped ?sense of Congress? section had also said ?Congress should fulfill that role by developing policies that do not adversely affect the American economy, energy supplies, and employment.?The House is slated to debate the broad bill that would also limit other air pollution rules, restrict potential Interior Department rules to toughen environmental controls on coal mining waste, and limit other policies that Republicans say would affect coal development.
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