"What I would like to request of you, Mr. Chairman, and also the Ranking Member Schakowsky, that we ask for a specific hearing of this committee."
"I think that we have the capability of doing that."
"These bills are delaying EPA rules, and they are hurting--in my opinion, hurting companies by creating unpredictable changes in our standards."
"I appreciate right-sized regulations that balance public good, short-term and long-term, with economic cause and effect."
"I would to thank you for holding today's hearing and allowing the committee to shine a light on a program that is helping to improve the lives of so many medically vulnerable Americans."
"Too often in these discussions, we lose track of the real-world effects of our decisions. The conversation today is not about some obscure policy provision. It is about real people with real needs."
"I just want to register some questions that I have, and concerns, to the merger between Sinclair and Tribune."
"I think it is important that we not make the mistake as legislators to leave gaps that could perhaps take years for us to finally say oops, we should have closed that the first time."
"I love the fact that the U.S. has always had the most innovative and the strongest auto industry in the world."
"But with all due respect, if I were a single mother with two children and people are telling me, reevaluate your family situation..."
"Yes, but with all due respect, state flexibility is something that is thrown around a lot."