Bill Posey

I've never met anyone who wants to have dirty air or dirty water for themselves, their family, or future generations.

I'm a strong believer in the idea that people who actually live and work in an area are best positioned to lead efforts to protect their environment.

It's essential that we get back to common ground I believe.

That seems like a no-brainer, and I think the vast majority of American people believe that when the government enters into these settlement agreements, those funds are reserved solely to compensate the actual victims.

Thank you, Members of the Committee, for including my proposed language in last year's agricultural appropriations bill, which would have defunded the implementation of the FDA rule to regulate premium cigars in the same manner as…

Traditional handcrafted cigars, however, are absolutely, positively, and unequivocally not a product used by, marketed to, or accessible to children and, therefore, were not included within the Tobacco Control Act scope.

Unfortunately, that hasn't stopped the FDA from advancing regulations that are now crippling the cigar industry from top to bottom.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and members for the opportunity to appear before you today.

I cannot stress enough the importance of having the Competitive Grant Program put in place in a timely manner.

the genius of the NEP is that it empowers local communities to take responsibility for managing their estuaries.

the health of America's estuaries... is directly related to the health and vitality of our communities and national economy.

last year a reauthorization of the National Estuary Program... was passed unanimously through Congress, demonstrating the strong bipartisan support for this important initiative.

As policymakers, I think it's important that we all know what we don't know, and therefore, our attempts to predict the future impact of regulations are always speculative and subject to error.

You're telling me we're basing our regulatory decisions on assumptions about what the world will be like in 300 years.

Modernizing the ground based infrastructure is a key to continued U.S. dominance in space.

we're trying to make sure or ensure that NASA considers everything that they do as a steppingstone to going to Mars

selling our colleagues on the importance of space is not an easy job either

Yes, I am afraid any time we talk about giving up sovereignty, a mini-U.N. where we carry the burden and everybody votes against us every opportunity they have.

the NASA budget is kind of like--been like a big pinata occasionally

the words that come out of your mouth are like gospel to me

I have always considered this to be one of the benefits to the legal entity regulation in the United States, and I wonder if we move toward the group supervision provisions, if it will alter our system?

when everything is a priority, nothing is a priority

Most members of the public don't know what a rule is. Rules are laws made by unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats. We collected 4 years' worth of Daily Registers in my office. Those are executive orders, rules, proposed rules, changes…

My amendment is about transparency and accountability. I rise to urge my colleagues to support it. When an agency decides to write a rule or revise an old one, they are sometimes required to share technical or scientific information to…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 75, line 3, strike ``and'' at the end. Page 75, line 13, strike the period at the end and insert ``…