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| Regulatory Reform And Regulatory Relief |
June 17, 2013 |
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Andy Barr, R-KY
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"In my home State, the coal industry has been devastated by the EPA‘s assault on the coal industry through over-regulation of the energy sector. In most countries that conduct mining activities, about 2 years is the average length of time for a regulator to review an application for mining. In the United States today, it takes 7 years for EPA regulators just to review and approve a surface mining permit."
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| Agriculture Reform, Food, And Jobs Act Of 2013 |
June 10, 2013 |
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Deb Fischer, R-NE
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"The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA requires a Notice of Arrival, NOA for all pesticides that enter the United States. Recently and without warning, EPA began requiring the same NOA form used for imported chemical pesticides on seed import shipments. These duplicative and unnecessary paperwork requirements imposed by EPA threaten to disrupt vital seed shipments."
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| Agriculture Reform, Food And Jobs Act Of 2013—Continued |
May 22, 2013 |
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Charles Grassley, R-IA
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"This should not have happened. The EPA released information on over 80,000 farmers nationwide, and over 9,000 Iowans. I can’t even characterize some of these Iowans as livestock producers; many of them are simply hobby farmers. There is a person on the list who has 12 horses; another gentleman on the list has one pig."
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| Northern Route Approval Act |
May 22, 2013 |
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Kevin Cramer, R-ND
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"Due to the President’s objection—at the insistence of Hollywood and the EPA—a critical piece of North America’s energy security puzzle languishes on a desk in the Oval Office while thousands of unemployed workers collect government benefits instead of a paycheck. That is why I cosponsored and am doing all I can to pass H.R. 3, the Keystone pipeline Northern Route Approval Act, a bill that renders the northern route of the pipeline approved for construction, eliminating the need for a Presidential permit. "
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