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The EPA’s War on Jobs

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    Rep. Phil Roe, (R-Tenn.), on the growing impact of the administration’s green agenda.

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The White House floating a new Green proposal today if pushed through.

This plan could end up costing us thousands more for a new car or truck.

By 20/20 five EPA may require a minimum of 56 miles per gallon for all passenger vehicles a move that would add a -- To the cost of a car or SUV.

What else -- the Obama administration have up its sleeve to control how we live work.

And play earlier today spoke to congressman Phil roe from the great state of Tennessee -- -- -- EPA is impacting America.

You know on the real world very where I am every day when I -- home Bob look at the effects of these I've been a mayor of our local city dealt a lot of federal regulations unfunded mandates have come down the government -- have run funded because ultimately.

We need to consumer taxpayers pay for in someone needs -- comes from Washington one example.

-- live in -- rural area northeast in the say there's a lot of commercial farms here and I would download forms not Longo met with some of the producers basically tomato producers.

Well they brought out a book about this -- that they have to fill out for the EPA to prepare a field to grow what to made.

They have to measure the -- water contents -- -- some one or two people fitted with a gas mask.

They have to have a berm around the feel which takes feels out of production if they go from one field to another they have to have another book a separate book that they walk through.

And yes and that's before they even plant that to -- So what happens UN -- pay for that.

And it's so frustrating for these folks because they're not competing with people in Mexico where there's food is imported from and this country.

They had anything to do so at a price disadvantage.

You and -- pay more for the same products right behind my guess singing that same if you look for this field and book this thick book for the other field.

I'm guessing the Mexican farmers.

Aren't under the scrutiny throughout my advantage there's no book is filled out of Mexico and and and another lumber company -- went to the other just the other day.

Pressure treated lot of these folks for bad.

Pressure treated lumber for Lopes.

And they're very fortunate 75 employees small business.

They have twenty inadequate -- book up.

Twenty -- different agencies government agencies there to fill out forms for.

This small businessman says it cost him a hundred -- 150000.

Dollars a year to comply with those.

How do you like dusty -- -- dust on a farm I was raised on a farm.

There's now -- rule regulation not drift of dust.

Excuse me but do you stop the wind -- and I mean when he gets draft you get dust.

You can't have drift down to your neighbor that can be a -- If if water drains into -- stream off from a mud puddle even if they can control -- -- it's it's gotten to the point of ridiculous in this country.

-- congressman your your a physician.

Yeah also you told me a little story about.

Something UK something -- try to do for the better of the community community what happens.

Well you know you have you have a a situation our practice in our office where at the end of the day into the month we have medications that we'd like to donate to a local.

Clinic if we can help of with.

And we we had these medicines we put the wrong by day we put them in a red bank which is -- -- has your bag instead of a clear bag.

Well that was a flattened by the EPA about the OSHA may not be able to OSHA another government agency.

It didn't really improving thing we didn't improve patient care didn't help protect cinema didn't do anything -- -- just an added.

Cost of business and one more Kyle -- example sort of the OSHA vs the Tennessee ocean tell us that what this -- It's for and the man runs a hospital and he has and his hospitals examined by all these agencies.

-- -- -- handicapped bathroom and he had a rail was in the wrong position so he's told to live in any idea -- -- brochure and many moves and then and then another agency -- Tennessee occupational safety comes him.

Yes to move the rail back down because it's in the wrong place to push it right back where laws and would be funny except just expenses expenses certainly in the bottom line this one's a -- -- -- paper that's congressman Phil roe from the great state of Tennessee thank you sir for joining thank you thanks for having me.

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