Jay Obernolte: “I think we also have a role to play as government.”

I thank the chairman of the Budget Committee and my friend from Texas for yielding. Mr. Chair, this year we will borrow almost $2 trillion, which represents almost a third of all Federal spending. For the first time in the history of our…

I am very glad my colleague from Maine brought up the Clean Air Act because the Clean Air Act explicitly says that the right to set emissions requirements for locomotives is preempted from the States. Mr. Chairman, that makes complete…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 129, after line 25, insert the following: (7) Put in place a system that ensures available resources…

Last year the California Air Resources Board proposed a new regulation that would have disastrous consequences for my constituents, for the people of California, and for the people of the United States. This so-called in-use locomotive…