Today, the Clean Air Act is being implemented in a way that bears no resemblance to what Congress intended.

Continue to enforce the rules. Continue to care about what the net gain is for America.

Over the past 2 years, the Obama EPA has moved forward with an unprecedented number of rules that will have enormous consequences for families, businesses, and the nation's fiscal well-being.

President Obama has a cap and trade agenda that is specifically designed to raise the prices of energy by forcing coal and oil out of the market.

Every one of our 50 States has put out mercury advisories, warning pregnant women and children not to eat certain kinds of fish for fear of causing permanent neurological damage.

it is a joy to watch you do your job before this panel. Never lose your cool, always good with your answers.

American Electric Power announced that they would be forced to close nearly 6,000 megawatts of low cost coal-powered energy.

President Obama has a cap and trade agenda that's specifically designed to raise energy prices by forcing coal and oil out of the market.

All right. In the benefits and costs of the Clean Air Act from 1990 to 2020, that is a 30-year period, and it is your report, it makes some claims, the benefits of about $2 trillion a year and possibly as high as $5.5 trillion a year.

I think a lot of people don't realize that what you said about the merits and successes of the Clean Air Act, I have said many times, and I agree.

It is not fair. I would just State to my friends that don't have to face this problem, there is a moral imperative here.

How costly is it when life is at risk?

We concluded a long time ago that Federal standards are the best way to ensure consistent air pollution reductions occur around our Country.

Finally, on the Boiler MACT provision, I think that rule belongs on another planet somewhere. It is completely unrealistic.

So I would ask you, in addition to the GDP growth, do you not see this as an economic benefit that is often overlooked in our Country?

The arguments against, I think, are very often not particularly well-founded.

I don't understand why we can't come together.