Political Quotes

“I want to thank my colleague from Pennsylvania (Mr. Rothfus), and I want to commend my colleague and friend, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelly), for his eloquent and passionate defense of constitutional government. It is not just the administration's efforts here to ratify something and bypass Congress without any input from us, but they are also making laws through agencies, such as the EPA. We are engaged right now in a debate over the Clean Power Plan, which is a reiteration of cap-and- trade. It is all about regulating greenhouse gases. They have started this process because in 2007, the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, said that the Clean Air Act gave the EPA the authority to regulate greenhouse emissions. Not everyone agrees with that. As you see here on the easel, I have a quote from former Representative John Dingell. This is what he had to say about the Supreme Court's decision in EPA v. Massachusetts. He said: ``Like most members of this committee, I think the Supreme Court came up with a very much erroneous decision on whether the Clean Air Act covers greenhouse gases. Like many of the members of this committee I was present when we wrote that legislation. We thought it was clear enough that we didn't clarify it, thinking that even the Supreme Court was not stupid enough to make that finding.'' I want to state for the record, Mr.…”