Environmentalists are concerned about sections of HR1, which would provide exemptions from environmental protections on industrial hazardous waste.
, on February 17 writing that"we should be taking care of our own people here at home." Both have cosponsored HR1.
He suggested that the hypocrisy was centered on"how they jumped on that incident," as HR1 is"entirely consistent with the way the Republicans have pushed a deregulatory agenda over the last forty years." Graves has previously said that the bill"will lower energy costs for American families" which remain"unbearably high" by"removing unnecessary regulatory barriers to critical energy projects and by increasing our energy independence, all while continuing to protect our environment."HR1 is an omnibus bill, incorporating several smaller bills that look to amend environmental regulations.
In his minority report on the bill, Democratic Representative Frank Pallone, ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, argued this was"a gross infringement on the rights of states to enact and enforce their own laws" and"likely unconstitutional." Marc Glass, principal environmental consultant at Downstream Strategies, who has advised state and federal contamination projects, noted that the companies that would count as a critical resource would be left to a political appointee,"so I expect it to be sort of an overly-utilized exemption, codified into law."already enacted into law for the emergency production of electric power" under the Obama administration.
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