Johanns Statement on Administration’s Costly Energy Rule

LINCOLN —U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) today made the following statement on the Administration’s proposal to impose costly new regulations on all future coal and natural gas plants:

“This Administration continues to disregard the fact that the livelihood of every family, small business, manufacturer and farm operation in the country is dependent on affordable energy,” Johanns said. “We all want a clean environment, but imposing these untested, costly new regulations that do not cover our international competitors in China, India, Brazil and other places across the globe puts our country at a disadvantage only to pretend our air is somehow walled off from the rest of the earth.”