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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) released the following statement applauding the Supreme Court’s decision to block implementation of the president’s so-called Clean Power Plan while litigation brought by 27 states, including Missouri, proceeds in the courts.

“The president’s so-called Clean Power Plan will deal a direct blow to low and middle-income families in Missouri and across the nation,” Blunt said. “Anyone who goes to the grocery store, flips a light switch, harvests a crop, or goes to the doctor will be hit by these excessive regulations, driving up costs for those who can least afford it. The president couldn’t pass his national energy tax through a Democrat-controlled Congress, so he is instead attempting to impose his climate agenda by executive fiat. It’s yet another example of the president’s overreach, and I’m glad the Supreme Court has granted a temporary stay of this unlawful and ill-conceived plan. I hope these excessive new rules will be permanently scrapped before they continue to wreak havoc on energy producers, small businesses, manufactures, and American families.”

In November of last year, Blunt cosponsored two Senate-passed resolutions that would have stopped the president’s so-called Clean Power Plan, which places costly, burdensome regulations on new and existing power plants. Missourians have historically relied on coal to power over 80 percent of our electricity and, as a result, enjoyed below average electricity rates in 2012. A study by Energy Venture Analysis on the effects of the CPP, as proposed, combined with several other EPA power plant regulations, found that Missourians’ annual electric and gas utility bills would cost around $1,000 more in 2020 as compared to 2012 – almost a 50 percent increase.”