Full Text of SR0171 97th General Assembly
SR0171 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Energy policy and regulation are vital to | 3 | | Illinois' economy and have a direct impact on Illinois | 4 | | families, businesses, farmers, and employees; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS,
The United States Environmental Protection Agency | 6 | | (EPA) has proposed or is proposing numerous new regulations, | 7 | | particularly in the area of air quality and regulation of | 8 | | greenhouse gases, that are likely to have major effects on the | 9 | | economy, jobs, and U.S. competitiveness in worldwide markets; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The EPA's regulatory activity as to air quality | 12 | | and greenhouse gases has become known as the "train wreck" | 13 | | because of the numerous and overlapping requirements and the | 14 | | potentially devastating consequences this activity may have on | 15 | | the economy; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Concern is growing that, with cap-and-trade | 17 | | legislation having failed in Congress, the EPA is attempting to | 18 | | obtain the same results through the adoption of regulations; | 19 | | and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Neither the EPA nor the present Presidential | 21 | | administration has undertaken any comprehensive study of what |
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| 1 | | the cumulative effect of all of this new regulatory activity | 2 | | will have on the economy, jobs, and competitiveness; moreover, | 3 | | the EPA has not performed any comprehensive study of what the | 4 | | environmental benefits of its greenhouse regulation will be in | 5 | | terms of impacts on global climate; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Illinois State agencies are routinely required to | 7 | | identify the costs of their regulations and to justify those | 8 | | costs in light of the benefits; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois Senate supports continuing | 10 | | improvements in the quality of the nation's air and believes | 11 | | that such improvements can be made in a sensible fashion | 12 | | without damaging the economy so long as there is a full | 13 | | understanding of the cost of the regulations at issue; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The primary goal of government at the present time | 15 | | must be to promote economic recovery and to foster a stable and | 16 | | predictable business environment that will lead to the creation | 17 | | of jobs; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge Congress to | 20 | | adopt legislation prohibiting the EPA, by any means necessary, | 21 | | from regulating greenhouse gas emissions, including if | 22 | | necessary defunding the EPA greenhouse gas regulatory |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That we also urge Congress to impose a moratorium | 3 | | on the promulgation of any new air quality regulations by the | 4 | | EPA, except to directly address an imminent health or | 5 | | environmental emergency, for a period of at least two years; | 6 | | and be it further | 7 | | RESOLVED, That Congress require the Administration to | 8 | | undertake a comprehensive study identifying all regulatory | 9 | | activity that the EPA intends to undertake in furtherance of | 10 | | its goal of "taking action on climate change and improving air | 11 | | quality" and specifying the cumulative effect of all of these | 12 | | regulations on the economy, jobs, and American economic | 13 | | competitiveness; and be it further | 14 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be sent | 15 | | to President Barack Obama, the President pro tempore of the | 16 | | United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of | 17 | | Representatives, the Administrator of the Environmental | 18 | | Protection Agency, and each member of the Illinois | 19 | | congressional delegation.
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