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Moran sponsors bill to undo greenhouse gas ruleCongressman Jerry Moran sponsored legislation to overturn an Environmental Protection Agency rule that would make carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases a danger to public health. Moran was the first member of the House of Representatives to introduce legislation to prevent EPA regulations on greenhouse gas emissions back in December 2009. Now, Moran joins more than 80 House members to reintroduce the disapproval resolution, as required by the Congressional Review Act. "Allowing the EPA to move forward with this rule would have a devastating effect on the economy and job creation--especially in the agricultural and energy sectors. I am glad to join together with many of my colleagues to advance this important legislation that I introduced last December," Moran said. "With today's unemployment rate near 10 percent, the last thing Americans need is a national energy tax that would kill more jobs. The Clean Air Act was never intended to regulate greenhouse gases, and the EPA must be stopped from making decisions that circumvent Congress." The 2009 EPA regulations allow the agency to put limits on greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act, without the consent of Congress. The legislation sponsored by Moran invalidates the current EPA rule and prevents the EPA from proposing a similar rule, unless Congress passes a law authorizing such a regulation. The legislation, known as a disapproval resolution, is a procedure authorized under the Congressional Review Act of 1996. The Act provides a process through which Congress can invalidate regulations it believes exceed an agency's authority. Under the Act's procedures, the disapproval resolution filed by Moran last December must be re-filed at the start of the second session of the 111th Congress, which began on Jan. 12.
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