Here’s what Republican U.S. Senator Pat Toomey has to say about the closure of five coal-fired Pennsylvania power plants, due to tighter new federal regulations: The plants in Birdsboro, Elrama, New Castle, Portland and Shawville employ about 315 people. “I am dismayed by the news that hundreds of Pennsylvanians will lose their jobs because of [...]
Pennsylvania’s Republican U.S. Senator, Pat Toomey, said he was “disappointed” by President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. That’s despite the relatively low expectations Toomey said he carried into the speech. Toomey spoke to reporters during a Tuesday night conference call. What about Obama’s call for expanded natural gas drilling? Toomey said he was [...]
Republican U.S. Senator Pat Toomey isn’t happy about President Obama’s decision to reject the Keystone X.L. Pipeline’s application. Here’s the statement Toomey’s office just sent out: “President Obama has been trying to campaign against a do-nothing Congress, but he is the one who is impeding job creation and economic growth in this country,” Sen. Toomey [...]
In an interview with the Wayne Independent, Republican U.S. Senator Pat Toomey called the Delaware River Basin Commission’s decision to postpone a vote on new drilling regulations “unfortunate.” Here’s the excerpt, from Toomey’s conversation with reporter Josh Wengler:
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