The problem is us. It is Washington saying what you can and cannot do out there.
It is an old concept that no one believes in Washington, but it is still there. It is called supply and demand.
The report very effectively highlights how Government-created green jobs can kill existing jobs.
True innovation, job growth, and business opportunities should stem from the open and free market, and not from creation of more taxes and G...
But what I am opposed to is increasing taxes. And cap and trade is, plain and simple, a tax.
It's a tax that will fall more heavily on poorer people because poorer people spend a higher percentage of their incomes on energy than do w...
I must object.
I have no doubt in my mind, Madam Chairman, that the House is going to pass the bill, and it will come over here and it will not pass here.
There are not the votes right now for cap-and-trade in the U.S. Senate. It is not even close.
It is very difficult for me to go back to my State of Oklahoma when something that they have had very strong feelings about and are doing ve...
We have one question we ask everyone and I would like to have all three of you verbally respond...
I trust Mr. Silva will handle water issues at the Environmental Protection Agency with a great deal of sensitivity.
Do you think it is a good idea to look into it again?
I think you are right and I would only ask that as you are progressing along these lines that you and I can talk about it.
There are issues involving the registration and use of chemicals that we need to address.
Water issues are vitally important to my State of Oklahoma.
I am strongly opposed to carbon regulation under the Clean Air Act and I will try to stop it.
Since January 20, the day President Obama took office, over 2 million Americans have lost their jobs.
