Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight the importance of rural health care providers. Once again, we see President Obama standing on ideological grounds rather than actually taking the time to understand who provides medical care to…

the proposed NSPS rule will foreclose, not encourage the use of CO2 captured by emission sources in EOR operations.

Thirteen hundred people a day are moving to Texas. We have created more jobs than the other lesser 49 states in many years combined.

It seems like the global warming religion has been bought into hook, line, and sinker by this Administration.

We get it in Texas. Less onerous government regulations, we have got wide-open spaces with clean air and great drinking water.

I would submit for this panel, for this body that we are going to jeopardize, number one, those who can least afford the energy cost.

To call this something that is capable of being duplicated in a viable process in the United States is a laugh.

We are using taxpayer dollars to fund a process that is going to hurt those who can least afford it at the bottom rung, maybe triple--let me just say maybe triple jeopardy.

if we don't take steps now, if we don't take steps today to halt what is causing climate change, the repercussions for humans and the environment will be catastrophic

Do you believe that the way the CDBG funding has been prioritized meets the needs of your constituents?

I failed at the opening remarks to say that I did invite the State of New Jersey and the Department of Community Affairs commissioner to join us at this hearing, and that offer was rejected by the State.

These regulations from the EPA are for future plants, not for existing plants.

I think we want to make sure that we do not saddle our children with the effects of climate change.

I have repeatedly said on this Committee that I am for an all-of-the-above approach to energy production as we transition to clean energy technologies

global climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time

I just want to start by asking our witnesses just a yes or no, and I will go down the line...

I think the sooner we all agree on that, the sooner we all sing off of the same sheet of music, the better off we will be

I think it is really important to focus on the issue of veteran homelessness.