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Hoekstra Statement On EPA Declaration Concerning Carbon Dioxide

Statement

Date: Dec. 7, 2009
Location: Washington D.C.
Issues: Energy Environment

Hoekstra Statement On EPA Declaration Concerning Carbon Dioxide

U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Holland, today issued the following statement upon the Environmental Protection Agency's declaration that carbon dioxide is a dangerous pollutant.

"The administration is substituting the will of the Environmental Protection Agency and its bureaucracy for that of the American people. In the absence of a bipartisan solution to America's energy future and in an attempt to demonstrate progress at the climate summit in Copenhagen, the President has authorized the EPA to create rules for which Americans have not shown support through their congressional representatives.

"Instead, the United States should continue to work to improve the environment every day through technological breakthroughs and innovation. Adding more costly government mandates and increasing energy costs will result in further limiting economic growth and job creation in the currently struggling U.S. economy, especially in a manufacturing state like Michigan.


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