I think it is important, Mr. Chairman, to clarify the bill's language to avoid unintended consequences to the overall Clean Air Act.

H.R. 1633 would bar EPA from revising its rules for coarse particulates for 1 year.

Regular order, Mr. Chairman.

I urge all my colleagues to support this amendment. Hon. Fred Upton, Chairman, House Energy and Commerce Committee, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Mr. Chairman: Tomorrow, we understand that your committee will vote on a…

I want to thank the gentleman. I have read the bill. And under this bill, if a State fails to do an adequate job of enforcing this program there is only one remedy: EPA has to take over the entire program. And we all know that having EPA…

My amendment simply provides Federal enforcement authority so that if the EPA administrator determines that a structure is in violation of a State coal combustion residuals permit program and the State has not taken appropriate action 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 18, after line 20, insert the following new subparagraph: ``(C) Enforcement.--Notwithstanding…

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. 6 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas The Acting…

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

I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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

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 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.

Let us not be distracted by this confused, backward, and short-term thinking on the part of our Republican colleagues. This bill represents just another attack on the Nation's long-standing environmental protection laws in general and the…

I want to thank my leader, the ranking member of the full committee, for yielding this time to me. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 2250, the Dirty Boiler Enhancement and Enabler bill. Mr. Chairman, here we go again…

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. 15 Offered by Ms. Hahn

I thank the ranking member for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I have some questions that I want to ask the Members on the other side. How much time do you need? How much time are you asking the American people to wait? How much longer do they…

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…

This atrocious bill, H.R. 2681, will make permanent changes to the Clean Air Act by weakening health- and science-based standards. Cement kilns are a major source of mercury pollution as well as of other toxic air pollution. However, until…

The gentleman prior to me asked, where is the common sense? Well, common sense begins with science, and the science is clear. I want to let the gentleman know that all sense is not common sense. In this instance, common sense begins with…

I thank the ranking member of the full committee, and I commend him on his outstanding work not only on this particular matter but in most of the issues that come before this Congress as it relates to not only the purpose of us but the…

In particular, mercury exposure can cause great harm to pregnant women, unborn babies, and young children by damaging their developing nervous systems, which affects children's ability to learn and to think. Additionally, mercury emissions…