As of today, the industry has actually spent billions of dollars to come into compliance with these rules and, in fact, that the power industry, what we heard is that they support keeping the rule in place.

it's, quote, "contradicting the relevant guidance and decades of practice by both political parties" and results in, quote, "a biased and misleading estimate" of cost and benefit.

Let me be clear about something: When the EPA fails to enact clean air protections, it is our communities, and our families, and our environment that pay the price.

Why they would ever consider weakening a rule that protects babies' brains is senseless, and this must be called out for what it is.

I think it is important for the Members to have the opportunity to talk to the EPA and the decisionmaking around this.

Let me be clear about something. When the EPA fails to enact clean air protections, it's our communities, it's our families and our environment that all pay the price.

anything that your side could do to help us, because it really does help complete the record of these hearings.

Will you stop offering oil and gas leases in wildlife corridors and priority areas?

Is your purpose to establish valid existing rights on these lands, in order to complicate conservation under a future administration?

If we would regulate that, if we would tax that, we could get a lot of money back into our coffers, wouldn't you agree?

I introduced legislation to ban Chlorpyrifos. It is H.R. 230. It has 105 co-sponsors, more than 10 committee chairmen are supporting my legislation.

But are the other states doing that, too?

I think it is one that the cloud that is being created right now by the Trump administration, in terms of non-responsiveness to the Majority in this House, I think is escalating.

Having laws and rules in place is really important but so is enforcing those laws and rules.

Many of the leases being let are in priority habitats for conservation purposes.

With the thousands of leases, already let, yet to be developed, what is the purpose in these sales?

I was a little bit perplexed when you said that to make land management decisions, with climate change taken into account, that you needed direction from Congress.

You don't know. Well, a billion cubic feet...

We need to know what kind of relationship we are going to have with you, as an equal branch of government, from now on.

Massive numbers of leases for energy development are being let under your administration.

Would you agree that when methane gas is released into the atmosphere it is a powerful global warming pollutant, which is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide in the short run?

President Trump told the Washington Post last month that he opposes the current and former White House aides and personnel testifying to Congress.

The lack of transparency and accountability concerns this Committee a great deal.

Your Department makes land management decisions every day over the land that you supervise.

We are asking you to take climate change into effect when deciding these leases.