I think the one thing--one of the things Government always wants to do is be sure that public comment doesn't become public ridicule.

If my utility bill doubles, that's a bad thing. If my retired mother's utility bill doubles, that's a worse thing. But, if the utility bill at work doubles and my job goes away, the other two bills don't matter much anyway, because I can't…

Thank you for joining us today, Ms. Cook.

It should be. It should be.

Even the most modest current trends in climate change, if continued, will present new national security challenges for the U.S. Navy, for our Marine Corps, and our Coast Guard.

We are seeing an evolving Arctic; an opportunity, viewed by many, but also a very noticeable challenge to us.

I appreciate the fact that we have the ability to be nimble as a Navy, as the marines, as our armed services are.

we need to better handle, in terms of what is what the criteria is and, more importantly, avoiding any arbitrary definitions.

I've been very critical of the EPA throughout this hearing, but I was raised by a mother who is very generous.

I asked you a number of questions about the implementation of the new GHG regulations under the CAA.

Well, we want to work with you on that. We recognize that these are tight budgets.

the COE had approved a project. All the stakeholders involved had agreed that this was the project.

One of the things that came up in this process--and you referenced the litigation, that's one thing--but, there were some different standards that were in place initially for nitrogen dioxide and no requirement for GHG emissions.

we're asking for the EPA to do its job, which is to issue the air-quality permit, not to make a determination as to whether or not exploration activity offshore Alaska is a go or no-go.

I've had so many people approach me and say, 'Lisa, you've got to reign in the EPA. They're out of control. They're going to put me out of business.'

This bill is a major step towards allowing the United States to substantially increase the capacity and generation of clean, renewable hydropower resources.

What we are faced with--we just had the--a project in the interior of the State be denied because of an ARNI designation on the Tanana River.

Not coming from a farm or an agriculture State, I think the common person would look at this and can't believe that we're having a conversation that we would be regulating milk as an oil product and need to have some kind of a response…