The Building and Construction Trades Department, in a January 27, 2010 letter to Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, urged the White House to “re-examine the decision to proceed with the regulation of greenhouse gases at stationary sources by a process that overlooks important technological and economic conditions.”

The impetus for asking the Administration to re-examine this decision was that “we know that comprehensive legislation is the best means for realizing wide-ranging employment opportunities that are possible in a clean-energy, low-carbon economy.”

The Building and Construction Trades Department is on record in support of the Waxman-Markey comprehensive climate change bill that passed the House of Representatives last year, and we are currently working with key Senate leaders to fashion a comprehensive Senate bill as well.

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