For the past two days, Vice President Joe Biden has traveled around Ohio touting what he claims is a successful reversal of the economy thanks to Obama administration policies. But Ohio Rep. Bill Johnson says Biden is badly separated from reality. Johnson says job growth has occurred in his district in southern and southeastern Ohio. However, he contends the jobs are coming from private investment in private projects on private land and that the uptick is coming in spite of crippling new regulations from the Obama administration. In particular, Johnson says he is fighting feverishly to block a pending Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that would close the last two steel plants in the U.S. that incorporate manganese into production. The congressman is also furious at Obama and the EPA for already implementing new “clean air” rules that could spell death for many coal-fired power plants. Johnson says well over 50 percent of Ohio’s power comes from coal and losing multiple plants would not only mean job losses but higher energy rates. Finally, Rep. Johnson explains why he’s confident Mitt Romney would pursue policies friendly to his district and the businesses inside it.
