The Science Committee has held a number of hearings on the regulatory overreach of the previous Administration's Environmental Protection Agency.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. This is really about creating jobs on American soil, creating opportunities, literally, for our families to be able to have better prospects for the future. Mr. Speaker, I rise…

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Mr. President, Senator Baldwin spoke a moment ago about this amendment we are about to vote on. It is $20 million to the National Nuclear Security Administration's domestic isotope program. This is something this body voted for back in…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for 30 seconds on the Baldwin-Portman amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I want to join my friend, the Senator from Iowa, Senator Grassley, and talk about what has happened with the tax bill--the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, as the President insisted it be called because that is exactly what it was to…

How can I go to my constituents and say, 'We are from the Government, trust us'? We can't do that, responsibly.

So we are facing a really serious question here of how we do our duty in oversight and in resourcing your agency to protect the American people.

You understand the high level of frustration here. And that is concern. I mean it is not frustration about our prerogatives being disrespected. This is about the people we represent.

So we need to know what exactly is the holdup here.

We appreciate you being here, and would urge you to continue to... if it is really complying with what needs to happen.

So again, I would urge you in the strongest possible terms to identify for us what we can do to move this forward.

You can have the best rules on the book, but if they are not implemented well... nothing is going to matter.

This Committee is doing a disservice to the American people by not having the EPA Administrator testify to explain his anti-science agenda.

It is our job to monitor Agency activities and to make sure they are consistent with congressional intent.

Mr. Speaker, I am grateful to my Republican friends for pointing out the advantages of natural gas. I might add that we had, in the last Congress, a hearing about what was the world's largest solar plant. This wasn't a plant that had solar…

I think we can have a continuing conversation on how to get this government right and hold Congress accountable so that you are not burdened by overregulation.

There would not be any regulatory authority for the Executive branch if Congress did not authorize them to have the authority to do so.