EPA Regulations Jeopardize IL Manufacturing Jobs

Eric's Story: One employee at this family-owned small business spends half of his working hours dealing with EPA regulations. Nationally, Americans spent more than 8.8 billion hours filling out government paperwork -- an increase of 19% in the last decade -- according to the Office of Management and Budget. {More after the video]
Manufacturing job creators like CWM pay 54 percent of all EPA regulatory costs. New EPA rules to regulate greenhouse gases from stationary sources will make it more difficult for CWM to focus on manufacturing and find solutions in the marketplace.

· The EPA's own estimates show these new regulations would cost businesses $132 million in the first year and place 10,000 new facilities nationwide under EPA regulatory control.
· On April 7, 2011, the House passed H.R. 910, the Energy Tax Prevention Act. This legislation would prohibit the EPA from unilaterally regulating greenhouse gases, something Congress has never authorized it to do.

The cost of new regulations has grown substantially in recent years. That's why House Republicans developed AmericanJobCreators.com, a platform for job creators to communicate directly with members of Congress about government regulations that are denying economic freedom. To date, more than 1,400 American job creators have told us their story.

Remember, jobs don't come from government. They come from people who see opportunities, take risks, innovate, and earn success. Visit AmericanJobCreators.com to tell us how government regulations cost your business.

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