Jerry McNerney actually said...

"this violates the Congress' intent of constantly updating standards."

"the problem in my mind is that just a small amount of natural gas fugitive emissions cause natural gas to be dirty compared to other forms of fossil fuel."

"This violates the Congress' intent of constantly updating standards."

"However, by not regulating appliances with less than half a quad of energy, you are, in effect, causing consumers to pay increasing electricity costs, wouldn't that be true?"