EPA’s Carbon Regulations, Internet Gambling and Reviving Rail
The Senate prepares to vote on Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s resolution to restrict the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating carbon emissions.
The House’s Ways and Means Committee holds a hearing on Internet gambling reform.
Sen. Jay Rockefeller is pushing to reform the rail industry.
1. ENVIRONMENT
The Senate prepares to vote on Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s resolution to restrict the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating carbon emissions.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: Senior Fellow Marlo Lewis on why Sen. Murkowski’s resolution should pass.
“If allowed to stand, the EPA’s endangerment finding will trigger a regulatory cascade through multiple provisions of the Act. America could be burdened with a regulatory regime more costly than any climate bill Congress has rejected or declined to pass, yet without the people’s representatives ever voting on it.”
2. LEGAL
The House’s Ways and Means Committee holds a hearing on Internet gambling reform.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: Policy Analyst Michelle Minton on why Congress should focus on reforming the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA).
“First and foremost regulators need to correct the egregious violation of individual rights that UIGEA represents. Without this correction, gambling online will simply move into the shadows where honest individual will have nowhere to turn in the event that they become victims of actual fraud.”
3. TRANSPORTATION
Sen. Jay Rockefeller is pushing to reform the rail industry.
CEI Expert Available to Comment: Vice President Iain Murray on why Rockefeller’s plan to lower prices will destroy the rail industry.
“If the knee-jerk, interventionist legislation under consideration is passed, ‘captive shippers’ will enjoy lower prices, but only in the short term. In the long run it will reduce the competitiveness of the rail industry and discourage capital investment. This will result in higher prices not only for ‘captive shippers,’ but for consumers as well. If Sen. Rockefeller has his way, we could be mired in recession for decades.”