I urge, plead with the majority to also hold at least one hearing...just hold a hearing on the issue of climate change.

Does the CPP mandate any particular approach for States to reduce their carbon emissions, or is there flexibility for States to take measures based upon each State's circumstances and the work that is already undertaken?

this institution could do even more.

Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Is there something called climate change, or is that just a figment of most of the American people and the scientific community and the experts, is that just a figment of our imagination?

Mr. Chairman, over the past couple of months, I have worked tirelessly to find a reasonable compromise with the sponsor of H.R. 702, my friend and colleague from Texas (Mr. Barton), that would allow me and others with similarly situated…

Mr. Chairman, I respectfully decline the time the gentleman was gracious to give. I really want my own time on the bill. The Acting CHAIR. The time has already been claimed.

I thank my friend for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I must say that I did not come here to Congress to shadowbox with the majority party over jobs and economic opportunities for the intergenerationally and chronically unemployed citizens of my…

I must emphatically commend the agency for its open, its honest responsiveness to stakeholders' concerns in issuing its final rule.

2016 is right around the corner, Mr. Chairman, and let us all buckle our seat with this wild ride to 2016.

EPA was able to finalize a rule that is fair, that is flexible, and that demonstrates to the world that the U.S. is, indeed, serious in its commitment to lower its carbon imprint in order to address climate change.