{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cochran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ContentRecord_id=5b851904-e00c-4673-99c4-027026981d9c", "COCHRAN ADVOCATES WITHDRAWAL OF NEW EPA CARBON EMISSION RULES", "2014-07-24", "2014", "2014-07", "Republican", "House", "MS", "Thad Cochran", "C000567", "www.cochran.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today announced that he is cosponsoring a Senate resolution that cites a litany of faults with the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s ongoing effort to finalize federal regulations on carbon emissions that offer \u201cessentially zero\u201d chance of altering global climate trends.\r\nCochran is an original cosponsor of S.Res.512, which was introduced Wednesday by Senator David Vitter (R-La.).\u00a0 The resolution calls for the EPA to withdraw its proposed rules and guidelines related to carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants.\r\n\u201cThe Environmental Protection Agency is on a relentless quest to impose strict carbon emissions rules no matter what the costs to families or the nation\u2019s economic wellbeing.\u00a0 This resolution sends another strong message to the administration that there is little appetite in Congress or with our constituents for disruptive and overreaching regulations,\u201d Cochran said.\r\nThe resolution, which has 31 cosponsors, seeks the withdrawal of the EPA\u2019s proposed rules titled \u201cCarbon Pollution Emissions Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources:\u00a0 Electric Generating Units\u201d and \u201cCarbon Pollution Standards for Modified and Reconstructed Stationary Sources:\u00a0 Electric Generating Units.\u201d\r\nIn nearly 20 findings, the resolution faults the EPA and Obama administration for a broad interpretation of the Clean Air Act, for disregarding the legislative process and for failing to complete a cost-benefit analysis of the proposed rules.\r\nThe resolution states that \u201cbenefits from the proposed rules (as measured by reductions in global average temperature, reductions in the rate of sea level rise, increases in sea ice, or any other measurement related to climate change) will be essentially zero.\u201d\r\nThe measure is also heavily critical of the costs that would be passed on to consumers as the energy industry attempts to conform to the wide-ranging regulations.\r\nIt asserts that \u201cthe proposed rules would result in a Federal takeover of the electricity system of the United States leading to significant increases in electricity rates and additional energy costs for consumers and elimination of access to abundant, affordable power, putting the manufacturing of the United States at a competitive disadvantage, threatening the diversity and reliability of the electricity supply, and undermining energy security.\u201d\r\nCochran\u2019s support for the resolution follows his signing a letter to President Obama last month that called on his administration to withdraw the proposed EPA rules to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants. (http://1.usa.gov/1ug0V0N)\r\nA copy of S.Res.512 is available below.\r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.cochran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ContentRecord_id=5b851904-e00c-4673-99c4-027026981d9c"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1326100211590528, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}