I want to commend you for that.
What I would like to focus on right now is how we help these prisoners once they leave prison.
It is a distinct pleasure to introduce the Governor of the great State of Alabama, Dr. Robert Bentley.
the EPA regulations will increase Hispanic poverty by more than 26 percent and black poverty by more than 23 percent.
The EPA regulations will increase Hispanic poverty by more than 26 percent and black poverty by more than 23 percent.
Then why in the world are we talking about a new standard which the EPA, based on a past hearing here, admitted the technology doesn't exist...
What the EPA is doing is going to have a disproportionate impact on black and Hispanic families.
What bothers me about this more than anything else is the reluctance of the EPA to hand over the scientific research for peer review.
I would really encourage the EPA to be more conscientious in that regard and particularly in the context of how it impacts low-income famili...
Your agency wrote that EPA projections show that the vast majority of the U.S. counties would need to propose standards by 2025.
I grew up dirt poor so I get this.
It seems to me that the power of the purse remains maybe the only realistic option.
Congress has never voted for it, Congress will not vote for it. American people do not favor it.
I don't think this is democracy in action, and we have to be careful about how this all occurs.
Well, as lawyers we know who we represent. Our duty is to our constituents who voted for us.
Today's hearing highlights a disturbing trend: we are dealing with an Administration that seeks to impose its will by any means possible.
Yet now we have a President signing a new one that would go even further than Kyoto, and there is no public support or congressional support...
The power of the purse is essentially, Congress has no duty, does it, to fund any program that it believes is inimical to the interest of th...