the smart grid offers tremendous potential benefits. Modernizing the grid will make electricity cheaper, more efficient, more reliable

I'll vote for this bill, but I do so with reservations. We should have done better in meeting our responsibilities to the American people. There are important provisions in this legislation that will do a lot of good for families and our…

Since the 20 years that Congress last reauthorized the FCC, this subcommittee has held oversight hearings to look at your budget and to also review how the agency is functioning.

It is important that we learn about his discrepancy and find out if Dr. Michaels was misrepresenting himself as an unbiased researcher if in fact he was receiving significant support from energy companies and polluting industries for…

I'm pleased at this time to yield 4 minutes the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Rush), the ranking member of the Energy Subcommittee,

This is not a fact-finding hearing to understand whether we need changes in the regulatory system; this is a hearing to hear anecdotes from four people from four different industries about their complaints.

Our company and its franchisees, all of whom are small business owners, are facing ever-increasing regulatory burdens.

Three years ago, Dr. Patrick Michaels testified before the Energy and Environment Subcommittee that widely accepted scientific data has overestimated global warming and that regulation enacted in response to that data could have a very…

We heard debate from the other side about refining oil. I think we ought to refine our debate because, on the other side of the aisle, a comment was made that extremists are pushing opposition to this pipeline. From what I heard from Mr…

The rapidity with which legislators and bureaucrats are increasing the number of regulations with which we must comply adds to the various challenges our company and our franchisees face.

My question is about your company. I want to know whether Tri-State funded Dr.

If our company and franchise restaurants are forced to replace our menu board panels, we estimate it will cost approximately $1.5 million.

Your members might be surprised to learn that their money was used to fund an advocacy firm to downplay the significance of climate change.

Yet, as noted in my written testimony, independent research done to date demonstrates that caloric menu labeling has no impact on consumer eating habits.

I am concerned that some may try to hijack the reauthorization to advance proposals that would put the health of patients at risk.

FDA's job is to protect the public health.

Many in the device industry argue that Europe should be our model and they say new technologies are available years before they are on the market in the United States.

I know some Republican members think we need severe cuts in the Federal budget that put gapping holes in our safety net while giving tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans.

Our goal today is to start the process of reauthorizing the Medical Device User Fee Act.

When you force a decision, you get a bad decision.

The recent budget by this administration for fiscal year 2013 shows its commitment to restoring middle class security by attacking wasteful spending and instead investing in education, innovation, and infrastructure.

It is ironic that Governor Romney is attacking President Obama saying he wants us to be more like the Europeans.

Thank you for holding this hearing, and focusing attention on job creation and economic growth, which should be our immediate priorities.

The device industry claims that FDA regulation is killing jobs, stifling innovation, and depriving American patients of new medical devices.

Some of the bills that are being proposed change FDA device regulation to make our system look a lot more like the E.U. system.