WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, applauded the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) repeal of the Biden-era Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) rule, which placed unreasonable standards on America's coal- and oil-fired power plants.
"I applaud the Trump EPA's continued efforts to overturn burdensome Democrat regulations that have placed lasting hardship on American families and workers. The Obama Administration's 2012 MATS rule was one of the biggest blows against West Virginia in the war on coal, putting an indescribable strain on our dedicated coal miners, the...