"Mr. Chairman, I would like to introduce into the record a letter from the Governor of Alabama, the Honorable Robert Bentley."
"Responses to questions for the record from Representative Gary Palmer (AL-06) from CSB Board Member Manuel H Ehrlich, Jr"
"From my perspective, it is the intention of the EPA, and I think this Administration, to eliminate fossil fuel, to shut down the coal industry."
"EPA has been very aggressive in enforcement. It has gone from a regulatory agency to almost operating like a police State."
"Do you realize that when you talk about supplementing your renewables with natural gas, you are admitting that renewables are not a legitimate or reliable source of energy?"
"I find it interesting that the EPA is implementing these rules and conducting themselves in a way that is more reflective of a police State than a regulatory agency."
"It is exactly the type of Washington politics the American people are tired of."
"The thing that keeps coming up--and from some of the other testimony that I have heard--is it seems to me there is an overall decline in morale in the Service."
"I wholeheartedly support what is in the report, particularly bringing in someone from the outside."
"If there were never another hour of training for 10 years, no one should get in the front door of the White House again."
"That is almost 50 percent more than what they normally should work. And obviously that has implications for stamina over time."