The role of Government in this is not just to pass laws or regulations that sort of put the meat on the bones of the laws, but we also have the opportunity to make investments in R&D.

I ask for unanimous consent, if I could make a unanimous consent request, to submit for the record testimony refuting concerns mentioned about New Source Review.

The role of government is to do for the people what they cannot do for themselves.

History shows that cleaner air is good for business.

I fear that this Administration is taking us in the wrong direction in this arena walking away from the Paris Accord agreement.

I have supported clean coal technology for longer than probably a bunch of the people in this room have been alive.

How do we make clean air a bipartisan issue again?

History shows that cleaner air is also good for business.

We help create a nurturing environment for job creation, job preservation.

If I had any question about that a year or two ago, I don't anymore.

The Diesel Emission Reduction Act, DERA, is one of my favorite pieces of legislation.

Could any of these bills before us be improved upon to ensure we continue to meet the public health benefits of the original regulation while also giving industry a little more flexibility to comply than was maybe initially provided?

as we prepare to vote on this nominee, I wish to implore my colleagues to take one last moment to think about this decision before us. I ask them to recall the words that I said just a bit earlier this morning from the hymn that Martha and…

I want to continue to share with our colleagues the reasons I oppose the nomination of Bill Wehrum to be EPA's Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation. Throughout his career, Mr. Wehrum has clearly shown he is dismissive of the…

my hope is that during President Trump's visit to Japan, he asked the leader of Japan why it is that when Japan only spends 8 percent of its GDP on healthcare, it gets better results than we do, and it covers everyone. Yet, when we spend…

while Senators Alexander and Rounds are on the floor--Senator King has just left--I find it ironic that the four of us who are gathered here are former Governors and are interested in getting things done and are interested in working…

I ask unanimous consent that my remarks not be counted against my postcloture time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

I rise in opposition to the nomination of William Wehrum to be EPA's Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation. President George W. Bush nominated Mr. Wehrum for the very same job in 2005. He was not confirmed then but was able to…

The nominee to carry on this important work must be someone who can build alliances, someone who can work with Congress and be a credible leader.

Today, this week, representatives I think from every country in the world are gathered in Bonn, Germany, discussing how we can address climate change together.

I want to work together, and I want to get things done, and I want reasonable responses to the two-thirds of requests we have made.

I think having worked in the agency, he actually cares about the environment, the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the planet on which we live.

Well, for good or for bad, I am not Barbara Boxer.

Before I do that, Mr. Wheeler, I don't know if you were with me and maybe George Voinovich in a meeting...

It is possible to actually make the air and water cleaner, preserve our natural resources, and do so in a way that does not diminish jobs or employment but actually enhances it.