I have to come down on the side of my constituents.

I want them sitting right there at that table so that we can have a vigorous debate or discussion.

I have been working on this issue of asthma for quite a while and it is a real acute concern of mine and it has been and always will be because it disproportionately impacts my community.

I just don't see how we can avoid it.

In keeping in line with the majority party's overall agenda of bypassing, overriding, and curtailing the Clean Air Act...

I would strongly suggest and recommend that you consider postponing your markup until we are able to get EPA and USDA here.

I don't know why we can't delay the markup for 24 hours if necessary so that we can be responsible and have some real deliberative discussions with the administration, with the EPA, and Department of Agriculture.

Yes, and we can do it on Friday. I don't have any reason why that isn't OK, but we need to get the EPA and the Department of Agriculture at the witness table.

I ask this committee to not to deal with these two bills but to deal with a different kind of drought, the drought of laws...

I just want to reiterate and restate my call that rather than us moving so quickly to markup, especially in light of this discussion, that we take time to invite the FDA and the EPA here so that we can get to the bottom of some of these…

I would like to have the opportunity to invite... to request that the EPA appear before the markup.

Mr. Chairman, with all due respect I have to join in here with Mr. Dingell.

While the country literally burns around us, I can't believe that we are here today holding yet another hearing on two issues of far less importance...

Mr. Chairman, this is our 26th hearing on this particular subject matter, and we have not had a law passed yet, nothing has been signed into law yet.

America is burning right now, and we, Mr. Waxman and I, have asked the Republicans 15 times in the matter of a few months to hold a hearing on climate change, and we have been rebuffed on each and every occasion.

You are out of touch, Mr. Chairman. This is the committee of jurisdiction. And this committee is out of touch with the plight of the American people.

For the last 12 months, they were the hottest months on record; 113 million people in the U.S. in areas of extreme health advisory.

Under the Energy Security and Independence Act, which passed out on the floor for many in 2007, contained the RFS as a role of reaching 36 million gallons of renewable fuels by the year 2022.

It is extremely important that both sides work together to identify short and long-term strategies and objectives for developing alternative fuels for vehicles.

We are willing to provide much-needed direction, much-needed funding to develop alternative fuel supplies.

the judges strongly and fairly affirmed EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

I commend you and all of your colleagues over at the EPA for continuing to stand up for millions of Americans who might not have the money nor the political influence that industry has.

a resounding and unequivocal victory for the EPA and its regulatory authority.

I must also applaud and commend Assist Administrator for Air and Radiation, Miss Gina McCarthy.

the courts have once again validated the work that she and her agency have been doing.