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Dr. Bucshon Votes to Give States Flexibility on Ozone Standards

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On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4775, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act, a commonsense bill that will provide states, like Indiana, the flexibility in implementing the Environmental Protection Agency’s ozone standards.   Ozone levels have been on a constant decline since the 1980s and states are doing their best to meet standards put in place…

Dr. Bucshon Takes EPA Administrator to Task on Carbon Capture

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During an Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the 2017 Environmental Protect Agency (EPA) budget, Eighth District Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. took Administrator Gina McCarthy to task on the economic viability of Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS). When asked by Bucshon if any coal facility in the United States is successfully implementing CCS, McCarthy could only produce…

ICYMI: 'King Coal' losing crown, Coal industry in Daviess County dwindling

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NOTE: Stricter clean air regulations were put in place by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The moves were done without the consent of Congress and it led to a fight that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Eighth District Indiana Congressman Larry Bucshon was among 200 members of Congress who filed a brief with the Court claiming EPA overstepped its legal authority and…

ICYMI: Bucshon, Congress back court challenge to Obama's climate plan

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This week, Eighth District Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. and 204 members of Congress filed an amicus brief supporting petitions filed by 27 states, including Indiana, seeking to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan.  The Associated Press reported, “A brief filed Tuesday with the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington argues that the U.S.…

Dr. Bucshon Joins Amicus Brief to Overturn EPAs Clean Power Plan

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Eighth District Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. joined 34 members of the U.S. Senate and 170 members of the House in filing an amicus brief supporting petitions filed by 27 states, including Indiana, seeking to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan.  “These regulations would be devastating to Indiana’s energy sector, the thousands of jobs…

Dr. Bucshon Comments on SCOTUS Delay of EPAs Clean Power Plan

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Eighth District Congressman and member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Larry Bucshon, M.D. released the following statement after the Supreme Court issued a stay of the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan: “I’m happy to see the Supreme Court rule in favor of states like Indiana that depend on coal for low-cost energy and good-paying jobs. Let’s be…

Dr. Bucshon Votes to Keep Hoosier Energy Affordable

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The House of Representatives today passed S.J. Res. 23 and S.J. Res. 24, two resolutions that provide for congressional disapproval (under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code) of the EPA's unprecedented regulations on both new and existing fossil-fuel fired power plants.  During debate on the House floor, Eighth District Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. spoke in support of the…

Dr. Bucshon Hits Congressional Democrats for Supporting Ban on U.S. Crude Oil Exports

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On Thursday, Eighth District Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. called out Congressional Democrats for voting to grant Iran the ability to export oil, while at the same time supporting a ban on the export of U.S. crude oil. “I find it hard to believe that our colleagues on the other side of the aisle have voted to allow Iran to export their oil, but won’t vote to allow America…

Dr. Bucshon Comments on Supreme Courts EPA Ruling

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On Monday, Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D., a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement in reaction to the Supreme Court’s Michigan v. EPA ruling requiring the EPA to consider the costs of the regulations it imposes on American families and energy producers: “The President and his EPA will stop at nothing to implement their…

Dr. Bucshon Votes to Protect Ratepayers from EPA Action

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On Wednesday, Eighth District Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. voted to pass, H.R. 2042, The Ratepayer Protection Act,  a bill introduced by Congressman Ed Whitfield (KY-01), to protect families and businesses from significant electricity rate increases or reduced electric reliability that may result from EPA’s pending regulations for existing power plants, also known as the…