WASHINGTON — Republican and Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced the Energy Tax Prevention Act (H.R. 910), a bill to block EPA’s controversial back-door climate change agenda that would further drive up the price of energy for American consumers and job creators at a time when gas prices are already spiking and job creation remains weak.

The bill is narrowly drawn to clarify EPA’s authority under the Clean Air Act, preserving the law’s important and longstanding functions to reduce air pollution.

“Whether at the pump or on their monthly utility bills, American families, farmers and employers feel the pinch when energy prices go up. The very last thing the federal government should do is make matters worse by intentionally driving up the cost of energy. Yet that is exactly what’s in store if the EPA moves forward with its plans,” said Upton.