Secretary Kerry said the Obama administration is going to “take a bunch of them out of commission.”
McConnell responded, “Secretary Kerry was speaking for the Obama administration when he pledged this week to put hundreds of coal-fired power plants ‘out of commission,’ but he was not speaking for Congress, and when I am Senate Majority Leader in January, the international community will have no doubt about that. It will soon be very clear that Congress disagrees not only with the EPA’s unilateral actions but also with the Administration’s entire international crusade against coal jobs.
"As majority leader, I will continue to take the War on Coal right back to the President and his EPA with laws aimed at protecting coal jobs, restricting the use of government funds for ill-conceived regulatory schemes, and robust congressional oversight of Washington bureaucrats. Given the change in management that’s coming to the Senate, overseas audiences may want to proceed with caution when it comes to Secretary Kerry’s recommendations and comments.”
Information provided by McConnell's Washington DC office.