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Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) said the Environmental Protection Agency’s has a “troublesome” agenda and is “hellbent” on regulating the economy without regard for job losses.

Speaking to Fox News Live Tuesday, Capito said she’s not pushing for the dissolution of all EPA standards but simply wants the agency to analyze the economic impacts of its regulations.

“We’ve had a back-and-forth [with EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson] on whether they actually do look at job creation and job losses and the economic impacts of the regulations that they’re creating,” Caputo said. “It’s obvious they do not. [Jackson] told me that, and her folks have said that too â€" not just to me, but to numerous other people.”

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