Jim Inhofe Warns "Big Brother Is Alive And Well In The Career Ranks At The EPA."

Republican Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma has been a key player involved in the global warming debate as the one time chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the current highest ranking minority member. Inhofe said that using the Clean Air Act to put new regulations in place would be an unprecedented expansion of the Environmental Protection Agency's authority. "Obviously the concept of regulating carbon dioxide under the Clean Air Act is flawed and the act must be amended by Congress. Today's notice should concern all lawmakers; no one should want the EPA to exercise the kind of power and authority that the career staff at EPA contemplates." He went on to sayt that "it is ironic that the EPA has proposed an even more economically destructive scheme this close to that [last months "cap and trade"] bill's demise. If Congress does not act, then the resulting regulations could be the largest regulatory intrusion into Americans' personal lives, a nightmare scenario. Big Brother is alive and well in the career ranks at the EPA."


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