{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.inhofe.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/inhofe-promises-rigorous-oversight-of-proposed-ozone-standard", "Inhofe Promises Rigorous Oversight of Proposed Ozone Standard", "2014-11-26", "2014", "2014-11", "Republican", "House", "OK", "James Inhofe", "I000024", "www.inhofe.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Inhofe Promises Rigorous Oversight of Proposed Ozone Standard\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWednesday, November 26, 2014\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, pledged today that the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposal to lower the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard would undergo rigorous oversight in the new Congress.\u00a0\r\n\"EPA's proposal to lower the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) to between 65 parts per billion and 70 ppb will lower our nation's economic competitiveness and stifle job creation for decades,\" said Inhofe. \"The EPA's previously proposed Ozone standard\u00a0came with a price tag of up to $90 billion per year, by EPA's\u00a0own\u00a0estimation.\u00a0\u00a0In 2011, President Obama pulled back on the\u00a02010\u00a0proposal due to high costs and the potential of a detrimental impact to American businesses. Now the EPA is proposing an\u00a0equally\u00a0aggressive standard while failing to\u00a0even be advised about the potential cost of lowering the standard.\u00a0 As Senate committees return to regular order in the new Congress, this rule will face rigorous oversight so we can gain a better understanding of the health and\u00a0economic impacts of the proposed standard,\u00a0and\u00a0we will solicit the thoughtful input\u00a0of state and local leaders across the country.\r\n\"EPA left the door open to lower the standard as far as 60 ppb, which would force out of attainment all 77 counties in Oklahoma.\u00a0\u00a0This would\u00a0put federal highway funds\u00a0at risk\u00a0and it would restrict industry plans to expand as well as halt any plans to build new manufacturing or production facilities.\u00a0 The rule would also cost Oklahoma roughly 14,000 well-paying jobs\u00a0and force\u00a0$846 million in total compliance costs on\u00a0Oklahoma's job creators.\u00a0 Oklahoma families would see their electricity prices rise 15 percent\u00a0and their household incomes drop an average of\u00a0$660\u00a0per\u00a0year, an unnecessary sacrifice to those who seek to provide better lives for their loved ones. I refuse to let the people of Oklahoma, and America more broadly, fall victim to EPA's over-regulation and extreme environmentalist agenda.\u00a0Today\u00a0we\u00a0are breathing\u00a0the cleanest air since the Clean Air Act was passed\u00a0in the 1970s, and our country should first look to meet the current Ozone standard before\u00a0we even consider\u00a0adding more burdensome, costly mandates.\"\r\nOn Nov. 20, Sens. Inhofe and David Vitter (R-La.) sent a\u00a0letter\u00a0to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) urging the White House to not allow the EPA to propose a new Ozone standard without first being advised by the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) on the potential economic impacts of the rule.\u00a0 The Clean Air Act requires CASAC to perform this analysis and report it to the EPA Administrator as part of its review of the standard, but CASAC did not conduct the review and EPA refused to officially request it, despite the clear statutory requirement that the analysis be conducted.\r\n\u00a0###", 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.inhofe.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/inhofe-promises-rigorous-oversight-of-proposed-ozone-standard"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.9703330472111702, "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"}