Political Quotes

“To my colleagues and friends, I appreciate the debate. Those who followed it here, just a couple of points. The question is: Why are we here today? In 2008, the EPA established ozone standards, and then it took the EPA 7 years to tell communities how to comply with those 2008 standards. It is the truth. I am just telling you the truth. Three months later, after they told the communities how to comply, they said: Now we are going to give you 2015 standards. That is why we are here. We are just here trying to say that if the EPA is going to establish standards, then they ought to say: We are going to give you the guidelines on how to comply now, not 7 years later. So what this bill does is allow communities to meet the 2008 standards. It doesn't roll back any standards. It says meet the 2008 standards. In fact, we don't even say roll back the 2015 standards. We just say, give the communities time to comply with the 2015 standards. This motion is a distraction. Let's reject it, and move to pass the bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit. =========================== NOTE =========================== July 18, 2017, on page H5966, the following appeared: objection, the previous question is ordered. The online version has been corrected to read: objection, the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit.…”