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Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act of 2011

Floor Speech

Date: Oct. 5, 2011
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Environment

Mr. OLSON. I thank the chairman of the subcommittee for yielding.

Mr. Chairman, today, the House takes another step to ensure a stable regulatory environment for the cement industry. In a rush to regulate, the EPA issued economically damaging rules that jeopardize 4,000 American jobs in the cement industry. The cement industry has stated that it cannot comply with these rules even with the best current technology.

CEMEX is a cement company with operations based in Houston, Texas. They've asked Washington for help in negotiating with EPA on these unachievable rules. CEMEX is just one company of many that Congress has repeatedly heard from that may be forced to move operations overseas where regulations are more reasonable.

EPA's failure to strike the proper regulatory balance puts U.S. jobs in jeopardy and hurts our global competitiveness. The bill before the House today simply gives EPA the needed time to ensure the rules are reasonable and attainable in the real world.


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