Political Quotes

“The question I have on that--I understand the confusion about jobs in the EPA. I think there is a great deal of confusion when it comes to whether or not the EPA is considering jobs in their analysis. The administration has issued an Executive order. We have actually, through the Energy and Commerce Committee, held a number of hearings on the Executive order that says, hey, you need to take a look at the impact on jobs when a regulation is promulgated. We have had testimony from various officials at the EPA talking about whether or not they look at jobs. {time} 1320 There seems to be a great deal of confusion at the EPA about whether they actually care about jobs. But the problem is we ought to take a look at those jobs before the regulation is issued. That's exactly what the amendment did that we just passed by Mr. Schock. Addressing jobs, clearly, is not the expertise of the EPA. In fact, just ask assistant administrator Mathy Stanislaus, who came before our committee and testified that, indeed, when they issued a regulation, they didn't take a look at the jobs impact, even though about 30 seconds before in his statement he said that they did take a look at the impact on jobs. To the extent the EPA does comment on the jobs impact of its regulatory agenda, it has been widely criticized for understanding the potential for job losses, or for even making farfetched claims that the regulations create jobs.…”