House to launch attack on Obama energy regs next week

Published January 27, 2017 7:09pm ET



The House will launch an attack Monday on former President Barack Obama’s midnight regulations targeting the coal and natural gas industries, using powers extended to it under former President Bill Clinton for Congress to unravel specious federal rules.

On Monday, two joint resolutions of disapproval are set to be introduced to go after two of the most egregious energy regulations that were finalized in the waning hours of the Obama administration, said Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee.

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