Washington, DC – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) voted in favor of H.R. 2401, the Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts to the Nation (TRAIN) Act, Friday, September 23, 2011. This bipartisan legislation would require an inter-agency committee to analyze the economic impacts of certain environmental regulations on American manufacturing, global competitiveness, energy prices and jobs.
Washington, DC – Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02) voted in favor of H.R. 2401, the Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts to the Nation (TRAIN) Act, Friday, September 23, 2011. This bipartisan legislation would require an inter-agency committee to analyze the economic impacts of certain environmental regulations on American manufacturing, global competitiveness, energy prices and jobs.
“The TRAIN Act is exactly the kind of bipartisan bill our country needs. For two and a half years, bureaucrats at the EPA have run wild with new regulations while hiding the staggering job losses that would result,” Congressman Guthrie said. “The TRAIN Act simply requires an interagency committee to study the actual economic effects of EPA regulations and makes the findings public.”
The EPA has estimated that some of its regulations could cost tens of billions of dollars. The impact that would have on jobs in an already-struggling economy must be fully known before these regulations can move forward.
“The TRAIN Act will not gut the Clean Air Act, as some will claim; and it will not undo decades of valuable public health protections. The TRAIN Act just makes one commonsense request of EPA: no more regulations until we know how many jobs will be lost,” Congressman Guthrie said.
The TRAIN Act will establish a Committee for the Cumulative Analysis of Regulations that Impact Energy and Manufacturing, which will be composed of experts from across the federal government who will examine the combined effect of major rules recently issued or planned by the EPA. This panel will analyze the cumulative effect of these costly rules on consumers, farming, businesses and state and local governments.
