Political Quotes

“I want to thank the ranking member for his outstanding leadership and for yielding time to me. Mr. Chairman, I oppose this ill-conceived, nonsensical, and in all ways awful bill, H.R. 1633, which could have a devastating effect on the EPA's ability to enforce the Clean Air Act on the basis of both procedural and substantive grounds. Mr. Chairman, the CBO, the Congressional Budget Office, scored this bill and determined that it would cost $10 million in discretionary spending over a 5-year period for the EPA to cover the cost of carrying out changes to existing emission control standards, as well as other activities to study the need and feasibility of modifying the EPA's national monitoring network for particulate matter, as this bill requires. Since this $10 million is not appropriated anywhere in this bill, this bill would directly violate the discretionary CutGo policy that this majority, that my friends on the other side, voted for that they put in place at the beginning of this Congress. If we pass this bill, it will be the height of hypocrisy for this atrocious bill to get through this House. Additionally, Mr. Chairman, on the issue of substance, I oppose this bill because it would dramatically weaken the Clean Air Act by eliminating the EPA's ability to regulate particulate matter from a broad range of sources, as well as jeopardize existing State and Federal regulations that apply to fine and coarse particulate matter.…”