Louisville, KY, November 12, 2014 – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell issued the following statement today regarding the President’s unrealistic new emissions reduction targets: 

“Our economy can’t take the President’s ideological War on Coal that will increase the squeeze on middle-class families and struggling miners.  This unrealistic plan, that the President would dump on his successor, would ensure higher utility rates and far fewer jobs. The President said his policies were on the ballot, and the American people spoke up against them. It’s time for more listening, and less job-destroying red tape. Easing the burden already created by EPA regulations will continue to be a priority for me in the new Congress.”