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Shimkus Statement on New EPA Ozone Rules

Statement

Date: Oct. 1, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Environment

Congressman John Shimkus (R, Illinois-15), a senior member of the Energy & Commerce Committee, released the following statement today in response to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS):

"The air we breathe is clean and already getting cleaner. Ozone levels have been on the decline for decades, even as many areas of the country still strive to meet the current NAAQS EPA set in 2008. The EPA claims their new standards are meant to limit air pollution, but the only thing they'll limit are manufacturing jobs and economic growth. Under the unattainable standards announced today, even national parks like Yosemite and the Great Smoky Mountains would be unable to fully comply. EPA is changing the rules on the fly and the people who are creating jobs in this country cannot manage it."


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