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.

Thank you. Even if this amendment passes to improve the study of EPA rules, that will not address the underlying problems with this bill. Proponents of this bill imply that it simply requires EPA to study the cumulative impact of EPA…

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…

Thank you. Many organizations are on record opposing the TRAIN Act or opposing efforts to block rules to reduce pollution from the country's dirtiest power plants. Numerous public health groups, including the American Lung Association, the…

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…

I want to thank the fine ranking member of the full committee, Mr. Waxman, for his outstanding leadership on this matter and other matters before our committee and before this Congress. Mr. Chairman, I join my friend and colleague, Ranking…

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 7, line 14, strike ``30 days'' and insert ``120 days''. Page 7, lines 18 and 19, strike ``November 1…

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…

Today's debate on fast-tracking the Keystone XL pipeline by 2 months reminds me of a saying that adequately sums up the fight before this Congress: Good sense minus common sense equals nonsense. With the current crisis our Nation faces on…

This is simply an argument over whether or not this House will allow demonstrably false information in this bill to move forward even though we have documentation from the very agency in question stating that the information is false. This…

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining? The CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Nebraska has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 6, lines 10 through 13, strike paragraph (15) (and redesignate the subsequent paragraphs accordingly). The…

I stand in support of Mr. Murphy's amendment, and this amendment replaces misleading findings about the Keystone XL pipeline's critical faster implementation. The only problem that I see was the majority's argument in that Canada has…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois will be postponed. {time} 1540 Amendment No. 3 Offered by Ms. Eshoo The CHAIR. It is now…