Mr. President, from January through August of 2014, over 8,100 aliens that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement had identified for deportation were released back into our communities by sanctuary jurisdictions. Over 5,000 of those…

Today's hearing is important to understanding how EPA decides the who and the what, the where, the when, the why prior to issuing a regulation, because once it is final it may be too late.

the investments have been made. Another way of saying that is the damage has already been done.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Flake). Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question is, Will the…

However, as witnesses today will testify, the deep flaws in recent EPA RIAs call into question many of EPA's recent rules.

At a time when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is advancing an unprecedented regulatory agenda on top of mounting court challenges, today's hearing on regulatory impact analyses (RIAs) is absolutely critical to assessing the…

At that time it was from Senator Markey's own MIT came out with the cost. The cost range at that time was between $300 billion and $400 billion.

if we are doing such a good job, why do we have to go into such a huge cost for the American people to come up with more regulations.

I was the bad guy, as Senator Markey knows, back in 2002, and 2003, and 2004, and 2005 when they first started coming to the world coming to an end, global warming and all that.

I used to say it and it really surprised them, that Barbara Boxer and I are good friends.

Now you also have to jump through a FOIA request hurdle on this as well.

The greater number of hurdles that are placed there, the incentive is go somewhere else.

That is important to know how that is being fulfilled.

I think the primary solution is to get as much of the decision-making as possible in the hands of tribes.

That is unacceptable. I think the primary solution is to get as much of the decision-making as possible in the hands of tribes.

Self-governance has proven to be an effective policy for the last 40 years.

Not only is it more expensive to then do production in Indian Country, not only does the permitting take five times longer, but now if you are interested in buying that well, you can't just go get the information.

We have to be able to streamline this process.