I encourage Governors of each State to analyze the impacts of those clean energy jobs and other jobs that are created and sustained by the coal or natural gas industry.
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Actually, in my bill in Section 4(b), I am asking for reporting, specific reporting...
To think we would not want to have policies that move forward to keep our children healthy is a smokescreen of some sort.
States should not be required to implement a State or Federal plan that the State's Governor determines would negatively impact economic growth.
The President talks about CCS and uses an example of CCS that is not economical or technologically feasible.
I think the passion I have on my side of this issue is just as heartfelt, sincere and driven by the people I represent every day.
As we all know, on Monday, President Obama and his Environmental Protection Agency announced their final clean power grab.
States should not have to begin implementing these costly and burdensome plans until an unappealable judicial decision has been reached.
In my view, this is why we need the ARENA Act now more than ever.
If the United States rejects the deal now, it will not be possible to negotiate a new one.
I believe that the nuclear agreement reached by the United States, its P5+1 partners, and Iran is a good deal.
I believe it does, thanks to the efforts of Congress and the administration to leverage sanctions in pursuit of that goal.
So, that's why I'm afraid that, if we reject this deal, we will end up not with a better one, but with an Iran that continues down the path that it has been on.
I know many Senators still have concerns--legitimate concerns, I might add--so I would like to address them head on.
I am confident that through continued and increased military and intelligence support to our partners in the region... we can continue to contain Iran.
The decision that we make is one of the toughest decisions any of us have ever made since I've been here.
I think there's plenty of reason, actually, to believe that it would not.
I remain opposed to this compromise. In my view, it could embolden Iran and strengthen its conventional capacity in ways detrimental to our own interest.