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Charleston,
SC-
U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott
(R-SC),
a
member
of
the
Senate
Energy
and
Natural
Resources
Committee,
released
a
statement
following
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency's
(EPA)
announcement
to
enact
new
job
killing
regulations
on
ozone:
"As
families
across
the
country
prepared
to
celebrate
the
Thanksgiving
holiday,
today's
announcement
by
the
Obama
Administration
is
another
clear
sign
that
they
are
willing
to
sacrifice
jobs
and
growth
in
the
name
of
unworkable
environmental
regulations
that
will
hurt
families
and
business
-
large
and
small.
"Nationally,
these
new
regulations
could cost
$270
billion
per
year
and
jeopardize
millions
of
jobs
as
our
economy
continues
to
recover.
In
South
Carolina
alone,
the
new
regulations
could
cost over
37,000
jobs
per
year
and
more
than
$41
billion
over
time.
"Affordability
for
families
and
businesses
need
to
be
at
the
center
of
all
new
policies
by
the
EPA,
but
sadly
it
is
not.
The
EPA
must
immediately
reconsider
their
current
course
and
work
to
better
balance
our
country's
environmental
protection
with
our
economic
growth."
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