Henry Waxman actually said...

"The single greatest weapon we have is increased fuel economy standards, and they are going to repeal that next week?"

"This Republican bill, it seems to me, is a terrible idea. It is just the latest Republican assault on clean energy."

"No, that is the reasons people have said, if you accept that there is a need to support innovation, it doesn't make much sense in my view to cut it off now when you might have a new innovative project..."

"It is a tool that is used in extremis."