In the latest fearsome instalment of the ongoing series, Conservative Platforms on Environmental Regulation Make No Sense for Human Health and Overall Quality of Life, here's what's happening in Congress:
"Representative Darrell Issa, Republican of California and new chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, has asked lobbyists and trade organizations to identify the federal rules they would most like to see overturned, and the E.P.A.’s air quality regulations were high on the list."
Right, because obviously limiting toxic emissions from cement factories is...not something the American government should take on. So what does Mr. Issa's colleague, the wondrous Rep. Fred Upton, have to say about the arguments against protecting the environment and human health? Well, he doesn't have anything to say himself, naturally, but luckily his press lackey does. Take it away, Sean Bonyun:
“With Michigan and California both suffering from 12.4 percent unemployment – Fred is fighting to put folks back to work,” Mr. Bonyun wrote in an e-mail. “Jobs are disappearing at an alarming rate and will continue to flee overseas without the proper, sensible E.P.A. oversight that has been absent the last two years. In this new Congress, Fred will use every resource available to protect American workers and our economy by rolling back the job-killing GHG regulations.”
Valuing cement production over well-being: that's how we roll in the USA.
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