Jay Obernolte: “Our job as lawmakers is to be explicit when we write laws.”

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…

To me, that raises some serious legal and national security issues.

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…

Regardless of political affiliation, every member of this institution should be bothered by regulatory policies that usurp Congress' legislative authority.