Obama: Critics Who Say These Climate Regs Will Cost Money Are Wrong

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:

"Now, let's be clear, there will be critics of what we're trying to do. There will be cynics that say it cannot be done. Long before the details of this clean power plan were even decided, the special interests and their allies in Congress were already mobilizing to oppose it with everything they've got. They will claim that this plan will cost you money even though this plan, the analysis shows will ultimately save the average American nearly $85 a year on their energy bills. They'll claim we need to slash our investment in clean energy, it's a waste of money.

Even though they're happy to spend billions of dollars a year in subsidizing oil company. They'll claim this plan will kill jobs, even though our transition to a cleaner energy economy has the solar industry to just one example creating scombrobs 10 times faster than the rest of our economy. They'll claim this plan is a war on coal to scare votes. Even if they ignore my plan to actually invest in revitalizing coal country and supporting health care and retirement for coal miners and their families, and retraining those were as for better paying jobs, and healthier jobs."