Ladies and gentlemen, how is the day going so far . Pretty cool, huh . Cool, thats a great word. Okay. Well, it is my distinct honor to introduce your next speaker. You know, my notes here say that our next speaker is the most accomplished pilot in the senate and has flown all over the world. All around the world. All around the world and over it, too. He is chairman. Epw committee, 12 years total, as Ranking Member chairman, married for 57 years with 21 kids and grandkids. And thats all really great and important stuff. But let me tell you when you are a political leader in the United States of america, seeking truth, standing for truth, speaking out for truth, writing about truth, is a wonderful a tributte. So i would like to bring to the podium one of the great champions for truth in our country today, senator jim inhofe. [ applause ] did they mention this thing about the drawing . No. Just for a second here. Were going there will be a drawing later on and olympia, you have a bunch
All our states are hit by the slew of proposed epa rules aimed squarely at the fossil fuel industry and folks that work in that industry. I would like to highlight a letter from the governor of wyoming to the epa administrator on april 28th i ask that letter be entered into the record, madam chairman. In this letter the governor highlights a study by the center for Energy Economics and Public Policy at university of wyoming entitled impact of the coal economy on wyoming published february of this year. I would ask that this study be entered into the record. Without objection. Thank you. The governor states about the study that it determined the single largest threat to wyomings coal industry is epas clean power rule. In fact, the study says that 111 d climate regulation has potential to drastically reduce wyoming coal production. Coal output under favorable circumstances decreases by 32 of the 2012 production by the year 2025. Study goes on to say even the best case of impact modeling
Been given one year, thats a very real problem. But there are real costs being expended by the states and also i believe this administration is not interested whether the rule is finalized so long as the marketplace moves away from them. If coal fired power plants have to be retired quicker than baseline, then theyre going to accomplish the goal, even if this regulation never is upheld in courts. Thank you i want to follow up on this. Ill wait until the second round. Senator markey. Thank you madam chair. I ask that two articles by jed ee freedman and Richard Lazarus be included they provide thorough analysis of that clean power rule. So ordered. Pope frances is about to issue on Climate Change. They named the jesuit who taught chemistry as the pope. Pope frances believes science is the answer to our prayers, we have to look at modest ways to look at this to reduce the danger that growing Greenhouse Gases will impose to gods creation of the planet. I think it is important for us to fin