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| https://www.mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=12b9aaee-363b-432f-a1aa-42ec31771de8 | Senator McConnell Responds to Secretary Kerrys Comments on Coal-Fired Power Plants at UN Climate Change Conference in Peru | 2014-12-12 | 2014 | 2014-12 | Republican | House | KY | Mitch McConnell | M000355 | www.mcconnell.senate.gov | legacy | WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell commented on remarks made by Secretary of State John Kerry during the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Lima, Peru regarding the future of coal-fired power plants. Secretary Kerry said the Obama Administration is going to “take a bunch of them out of commission.” Secretary Kerry’s comments appeared in today’s edition of The New York Times. Senator McConnell in response to Secretary Kerry’s comments said: “Secretary Kerry was speaking for the Obama Administration when he pledged this week to put hundreds of coal-fired power plants ‘out of commission,’ but he was not speaking for Congress, and when I am Senate Majority Leader in January, the international community will have no doubt about that. It will soon be very clear that Congress disagrees not only with the EPA’s unilateral actions but also with the Administration’s entire international crusade against coal jobs. As Majority Leader, I will continue to take the War on Coal right back to the President and his EPA with laws aimed at protecting coal jobs, restricting the use of government funds for ill-conceived regulatory schemes, and robust congressional oversight of Washington bureaucrats. Given the change in management that’s coming to the Senate, overseas audiences may want to proceed with caution when it comes to Secretary Kerry’s recommendations and comments.” | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |