For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Woodall), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the…

Responding to my good friend from Georgia, we are going to have a chance to vote on this in the rule, and we will see whether or not a majority is in favor of the changes that were made as part of this rule package. I would say to my…

I kind of wanted to object, but I didn't. Madam Speaker, I encourage a ``yes'' vote on the rule and the previous question. The material previously referred to by Mr. Woodall is as follows: Amendment to House Resolution 389 In section 2…

The Rules Committee met on Monday night and reported a rule, House Resolution 389, which covers a lot of territory. It provides for consideration of H.R. 1500, the Consumers First Act under a structured rule which makes in order 17…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 389 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 389 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

If the EPA wants to continue to ignore this committee as we perform our oversight responsibilities, that's its choice.

It is dumbfounding why we would be rolling back standards to protect children and the general public from mercury and air toxic poisoning when industry isn't even asking for it.

We have one of these communities right in my congressional district, Swansea-Elyria and Globeville, where we actually had to go in and remove mercury from the yards of the homes there.

And when an administration--like the one we have today--tries to unravel the protections that we already have, it puts all of us at risk.

The MATS rule is the first time the EPA has successfully protected the public from mercury release from power plants.

I think it is important for the Members to have the opportunity to talk to the EPA and the decisionmaking around this.

it's, quote, "contradicting the relevant guidance and decades of practice by both political parties" and results in, quote, "a biased and misleading estimate" of cost and benefit.

Let me be clear about something: When the EPA fails to enact clean air protections, it is our communities, and our families, and our environment that pay the price.

Let me be clear about something. When the EPA fails to enact clean air protections, it's our communities, it's our families and our environment that all pay the price.

I can tell you these standards and the overall lax of enforcement of coal ash, one of the biggest producers, is affecting my district and my family's native island of Puerto Rico.

Today, we take a look at the Trump administration's ill-conceived and, to me, frankly, mind-boggling effort to undermine the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's rule that limits mercury emissions from our Nation's coal power plants.

We know that mercury emissions can carry enormous public health consequences, as you talked about children and pregnant women.

the administration's proposal, is in fact, injecting more uncertainty at a time when we had standards working that were better protection for the public.