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Congressional Testimony
September 21, 2000, Thursday
SECTION: CAPITOL HILL HEARING TESTIMONY
LENGTH: 494 words
COMMITTEE:
SENATE environment & public works
SUBCOMMITTEE: clean air, wetlands, private property,
and nuclear safety
HEADLINE: TESTIMONY DIESEL FUEL
REGULATIONS
TESTIMONY-BY: JIM INHOFE , SENATOR
BODY:
Statement of Senator Jim Inhofe EPA Rule on
Diesel Fuel September 21, 2000 Today's hearing will address the proposed diesel
fuel regulations from EPA. We held our first hearing on this issue on June 15,
where we concentrated specifically on the sulfur issue. Today
we will continue our look at that issue but also examine broader the diesel
engine side of the regulation. When we hold our last hearing,
gasoline prices were at a record high since the Gulf War.
President Clinton predicted that the prices would drop by this Fall. It is now
September and the prices per barrel are even higher. This week it hit over $37 a
barrel, the highest since the Gulf War. I have previously criticized this
Administration and the prior Republican Administration for failing to have a
National Energy Policy. But in addition to not having an energy policy, the
Clinton-Gore administration has made matters even worse by issuing new
environmental regulations without any regard for their effect on the price or
supply of fuel. I hope it does not come to this. I hope the EPA will finalize a
rule which ensures that we will not have wide scale shortages and price spikes,
but I fear they are rushing to get anything finalized and are not spending the
necessary time to craft good public policy. If I am forced to use the
Congressional Review Act it will not be because I am opposed to Clean Air or
cleaner emissions. It will be because, unlike the gasoline
sulfur rule, the EPA is finalizing a half finished rule which does not
take into account all of the public policy issues in regulating our fuel supply.
LOAD-DATE: September 25, 2000, Monday
