"opening statement"
"I am saddened that a company in which both the Bush and Obama Departments of Energy saw such promise has filed for bankruptcy, causing the loss of more than 1,000 high-tech jobs."
"Conceding the green energy race to China would be a reckless and irreversible decision."
"Last night, exploiting the Solyndra case, this House voted to cut the DOE loan guarantee program. This is a shortsighted mistake that will undermine our ability to compete in the global energy sector."
"I also wanted to reemphasize something I heard you say earlier, that there was actually a Congressional mandate in 1990 to do this."
"I would just like to suggest that the gentleman from Pennsylvania I think made a very good argument that when we negotiate trade agreements, that environmental concerns ought to be part of that."
"Without a doubt, if this rule is delayed or, God forbid, killed in any way, there will be more premature deaths, more hospital admissions, more people getting sick because of increased levels of every..."
"It is high time that the Environmental Protection Agency continued in what has been a bipartisan tradition of protecting our environment."
"I want to congratulate you on an impressive record, and again, any implication that the EPA is looking just to maintain in place or even propose regulations that are redundant and any way not necessar..."
"Clearly, we are witnessing the most anti-environment House of Representatives in American history."
"If Texas were its own country, it would be the eighth biggest polluter in the world."