We are here yet another time, yet another day, yet another bill being introduced by my Republican colleagues that will attempt to roll back the progress that the American people have made.

I don't think that the President is waging an attack on coal.

My Republican colleagues, you know full well that this bill would never become law. It would die before it even gets to the front door of the Senate. Yet here we are in front of the cameras hoping to score more political points before we…

This past summer, two-thirds of the country experienced severe drought, causing crops to wither and spurring the earliest corn harvest in 25 years. At the same time, the water levels in four of the five Great Lakes has plummeted due to…

First of all, I want to commend Mr. Waxman and thank him for leading us on the subcommittee in such a profound and effective way, leading the minority on the subcommittee and also on the full committee. Mr. Chairman, this is much to-do…

Unlike the simplistic Sarah Palin 'Drill, baby, drill' Romney-Ryan energy plan, President Obama has put forward a comprehensive energy policy.

I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman. A very interesting panel so far.

I would argue that the $2.4 billion that goes to the big five oil companies in tax breaks every year could be better spent.

This hearing, Mr. Chairman, gives us an opportunity to discuss the many different initiatives that President Obama has put in place to help us come closer to reaching this goal.

I think that is an incredibly positive development.

I would argue that the facts would indicate that those industries actually have been not hampered but aided and helped.

We can do it and make money and create jobs. We can do it cleaner and more efficiently than anybody else in the world.