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Cruz, Capito, 37 Senators Call on EPA to Withdraw New Over-Reaching Power Plant Regs
"It is undeniable the proposal would require generation shifting that the Court has definitively found Congress has never granted EPA the authority under the Clean Air Act.”
By Gilbert Rodriguez
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Texas Insider Report) — Texas Senator Ted Cruz, along with West Virgina Senator Shelley Moore Capito, the Ranking Republican Member of the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee, and 37 other Republican senators, called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw its latest set of proposed power plant regulations that will force the closure of coal and gas-fired power plants.
“We write to request that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdraw the unlawful “Clean Power Plan 2.0” that was proposed in May.
"The EPA has again grossly misinterpreted the scope of authority Congress granted under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act by proposing a rule that would require generation shifting and transform our nation’s power sector with neither a clear and explicit congressional authorization nor adequate process as required under the Administrative Procedure Act,” the senators wrote.
Read the full letter here.
“In direct conflict with West Virginia v. EPA, this proposal requires generation shifting from fossil-fuel power to other types of energy.
"While the Agency falsely claims this does not run afoul of the Supreme Court’s decision, it is undeniable the proposal would require generation shifting that the Court has definitively found Congress has never granted EPA the authority to require under the Clean Air Act,” the senators added.
Co-Signers of Ranking Member Capito’s letter include:
1. Sen. Cruz and
2. Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
3. John Thune (R-S.D.)
4. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)
5. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)
6. John Boozman (R-Ark.)
7. Mike Braun (R-Ind.)
8. Katie Britt (R-Ala.)
9. Ted Budd (R-N.C.)
10. Bill Cassidy (R-La.)
11. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)
12. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.)
13. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)
14. Steve Daines (R-Mont.)
15. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)
16. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.)
17. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
18. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.)
19. John Hoeven (R-N.D.)
20. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.)
21. James Lankford (R-Okla.)
22. Mike Lee (R-Utah)
23. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.)
24. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)
25. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)
26. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.)
27. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.)
28. Jim Risch (R-Idaho)
29. Mitt Romney (R-Utah)
30. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)
31. Rick Scott (R-Fla.)
32. Tim Scott (R-S.C.)
33. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska)
34. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)
35. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.)
36. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio)
37. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and
38. Todd Young (R-Ind.)