"I will not support legislation that eliminates jobs or eliminates the opportunities for minorities who have had an unfortunate misstep in their lives."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Before I begin my statement, let me take a moment to first express my concern and condolences for the people in your home State of Alabama and some surrounding State..."
"I would like an equal opportunity for those persons who have been very nice and informative witnesses to reach out to both sides of the aisle"
"We need to give Americans the chance to be rehabilitated, to work and provide for their families."
"You expect us as Members of Congress to basically listen to one side or the other's experts."
"the people shall have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and aesthetic values of the environment."
"I understand that, but are you concerned that in the absence of comparable European regulation that we have the opportunity for regulatory arbitrage across borders?"
"It strikes me as an incredible cost to the financial institutions that have to understand these, digest these, hire the manpower to then comply with these."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for giving me the opportunity in particular to welcome Mr. Thomas Deas."
"Well, I am concerned about this apparent developing disparity between the regulatory regimes."
"We are trying to close the loophole that is in the law as it stands now."
"In our State, we went through most of the 19th century and roughly about half of the 20th century not getting it right as it relates to the extraction of a natural resource, in this case coal, and bal..."
"There is no reason that we should be forced to choose among adequate environmental protection, energy security, and economic gain."
"It is a directive, a constitutional directive."
"I know is proposing legislation called the FRAC Act that would go beyond public disclosure of chemical additives and give the EPA direct regulatory authority over hydraulic fracturing for the first ti..."
"I think we can get this right."
"I view this as a simple matter of citizens having a right to know about any risks in their community."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman."
