I want to welcome and thank all of our witnesses for being here today.

The President has been very clear. He wanted to shut down the coal industry.

No, sir, it is not. And in fact you even intercepted our questions against the law...

To me it is expanding the authority and reach of the EPA and that is the reason there is so much discontent.

It is beyond me why you all are continuing to do so.

Shouldn't EPA's rulemaking be based on sound science as determined independently by the Agency?

This rule is not needed. The Supreme Court didn't tell you to make a new rule. It said that you could.

I was astounded to learn that the number of children illegally entering the United States from Central America has grown from approximately 5,000 of them a year to an estimated 57,000 so far this year.

As the Chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee, I consider this lack of oversight, accountability, and due-diligence to be inexcusable.

This kind of negligence is intolerable.

the treatment of veterans is not only a moral issue, but a national security issue as well.