Inhofe Statement on Congressional Opposition to Final Carbon Mandates

Statement

U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, released the following statement today after Federal Register publication of the Obama administration's final carbon emissions standards for fossil-fuel fired power plants:

"Federally mandated carbon controls, whether attempted through legislation or regulation, a losing strategy. Congress and the American people have consistently rejected such attempts, and the president's now final carbon regulations will meet the same fate. I commend Leader McConnell and Senator Capito on their bipartisan Congressional Review Act Resolutions of Disapproval that will protect hardworking Americans from the president's unauthorized regulatory overreach and economically disastrous effects. I look forward to the formal filing next week and will work to ensure the resolutions make their way from the Environment and Public Works Committee to the floor as fast as possible. These CRAs are intended to make it very clear to the international community that the majority of Congress does not support the president's climate agenda. The majority of Congress does not support any effort to fund his climate agenda, and any associated promises made by this administration, whether through political or legal means, will be short-lived."

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