Bobby Rush

Mr. Chairman, Ms. Matsui is not on the subcommittee but she is interested in asking questions of this second panel.

FERC did not define the role of State regulators and did not provide a means for States to fully participate in transmission planning.

I look forward to the question-and-answer segment to learn more about how Order 1000 will affect my State, the State of Illinois, specifically, as well as the Midwest region in general.

Today we are holding a hearing focusing on Federal transmission issues as they relate to siting, planning and cost allocation for electricity transmission infrastructure.

I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I want to also thank Chairman Wellinghoff and Ms. Azar as well as the other expert witnesses on the second panel for appearing before this subcommittee today.

I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois will be postponed. Amendment No. 15 Offered by Ms. Hahn

It is now time that the radical Republican majority stop putting profits in the pockets of dirty polluters and stop putting dirty air in the lungs of the American people. Now is the time for the Republicans to cease their unending assault…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois will be postponed. Amendment No. 17 Offered by Mrs. Capps

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of section 5, add the following: (c) Rule of Construction.--This section is intended to…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania will be postponed. Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Hastings of Florida The…

I claim time in opposition for purposes of debate. The ACTING Chair. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized for 5 minutes.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois will be postponed. The Committee will rise informally. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr…

We don't have to look any further. Just look at the financial collapse and see what these kinds of unfettered regulations have done to jobs in this country and to jobs for the American people. This approach has put our entire economy on…

This subcommittee should hold a hearing on the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule specifically.

As Mr. Waxman indicated in his opening statement, that back-of-the-envelope analysis was just a preliminary one to set the stage for us to enter into some discussions with EPA.

The Commission staff has preliminarily estimated that up to 81 gigawatts of existing generation are 'likely' or 'very likely' to be retired as a consequence of new EPA rules.

These rules, including the Air Toxics Rule and the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, will not threaten the economic health of the Nation but instead will in fact stimulate job growth while protecting the public health.

This is yet another all-out assault, attack on the EPA. It is, as I might borrow my friend from Illinois's phraseology, yet another Republican jihad, assault on the EPA.

The Congressional Research Service found no evidence of the majority's predicted train wreck but instead found that the primary impacts that the EPA rules will be on the coal-fired power plants more than 40 years old that have not…

Reliability is not threatened by coal-fired power plant retirements spurred by new EPA rules despite the coal industry's claims that the impacts could be severe.

It is job stimulation in any way you want to look at it.

Mr. Chairman, today we are holding a hearing on two bills, H.R. 2250, the so-called EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011, and H.R. 2681, the Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act of 2011.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois will be postponed. Amendment No. 8 Offered by Ms. Hanabusa The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I really want my friend from Illinois to know that I don't have to travel to Joliet, Illinois, or any other part of Illinois; I don't even have to come down to his district in Peoria to see unemployment, to see the joblessness. I am not…