Our grandchildren won't remember if we are Democrat or Republican, but we are going to remember did we save the industry that could have saved their lives?

I urge my colleagues to vote against this Latta amendment. This is a radical, extreme amendment that reverses the Clean Air Act which was signed by President Nixon, has been enforced by Democratic and Republican administrations, voted…

I rise not just in opposition, but strong opposition to this amendment. The bill as reported by the Energy and Commerce Committee is a bad bill for air quality and public health, but this bill appears doomed to get even worse as we…

I rise in strong opposition to this Whitfield amendment, Mr. Chairman. The amendment is objectionable from the standpoint of public health and the legislative process. Throughout the debate on this bill, Mr. Whitfield has claimed that his…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Kentucky will be postponed. Amendment No. 11 Offered by Mr. Latta The Acting CHAIR. It is…

May I inquire how much time is left on each side? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California has 1 minute remaining. The gentleman from Ohio has 30 seconds remaining.

I did not appear on the Today Show. I came to this hearing directly from home.

I yield 5 minutes to the gentlelady from the State of Colorado (Ms. DeGette). Ms. DeGETTE. Mr. Chairman, for too long too many people in this body have proposed that we must make what amounts to a devil's bargain: choosing between…

Without these drugs, patients' lives are at risk.

I am encouraged by the bipartisan nature of this effort and thank our witnesses for joining us.

I requested these witnesses be brought to our committee because I do have questions I would like to ask them.

I am pleased and honored to yield 5 minutes to one of the strongest environmental champions in the House of Representatives, the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey).

My colleague, Mr. Whitfield, just said that the EPA found that the mercury reduction benefits were so insignificant by EPA. Well, what they found was they couldn't put a pricetag on the avoided birth defects and brain damage to babies. If…

I think it is unseemly and inappropriate for members to be asking questions that we know you will not answer.

I am pleased at this time to yield 5 minutes to the distinguished ranking member of the Energy Subcommittee, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Rush).

Before I yield, I want to indicate that Mr. Whitfield just argued that this bill will not harm public health because although it blocks two critical rules to clean up old power plants, it doesn't repeal the Clean Air Interstate Rule, or…

To badger them with questions that are simply sound bites for the press does not strike me as a fair way.

I think our committee is better than this.

The Republican spinmeisters like to come up with slogans. So they've come up with the slogan ``job-killing regulation.'' Well, let me tell you what we're talking about: children- killing pollution. And I just think that when we hear the…

I want to set the record straight because I think we're getting a lot of false information. We are told that this bill doesn't weaken any existing law. That's not correct. The Cross- State Rule has already been finalized, which means if…

I want to correct some of the statements that have been made. The gentleman from Oklahoma talked about the clean air in his area. That's fine. They have attained the standards for protecting public health. But there are a lot of other…

My colleague, Representative DeGette, has introduced bipartisan legislation, H.R. 2245, the Preserving Access to Life-Saving Medications Act of 2011.

The EPA did an economic analysis looking at the cost and benefits. And on the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, they said that the costs would be less than a billion, but the benefits would be up to $280 billion per year, 150 to 350 times…

Recent media and other reports indicate that drug shortages are now at an unprecedented level.

I have talked to Mr. Barton, and as I understand it, there is a lot of scientific research that has been peer reviewed on the question of the impact of carbon emissions, global warming, climate change, and yet Mr. Barton doesn't believe in…