John Shimkus

The fact that the New Source Review program can be a barrier to projects that would result in better air quality is unacceptable.

In order to provide more certainty to the NSR program, the discussion draft takes the hourly rate test used by the NSPS program.

The end result of this regulatory confusion and enforcement risk is that many companies are choosing to not modernize.

I'd like to thank Congressman Morgan Griffith for the good work he has done on this bill.

I am doing that because I don't like to say NSPS and NSR all the time.

The discussion draft before us today reforms the New Source Review program by clarifying which types of facility upgrades require an owner to obtain a New Source Review permit.

This is disappointing because it means we are missing out on opportunities to increase the Nation's industrial capacity to create more American jobs and to improve our environment.

The goal of this discussion draft is to add greater certainty to the New Source Review permitting process.

The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy will now come to order.

I am glad my friend from Oregon mentioned the blue ribbon commission. The blue ribbon commission was told: Do not consider Yucca Mountain. So come on. Really? Pull out the blue ribbon commission and say ``this is the truth'' when they were…

I would like to end by saying I know there are some rumblings out there about what is this litigation fund being paid for and who is paying for it? The United States Government is being sued. We have to make these payments because we are…

I want to thank my colleague from Massachusetts (Mr. Keating). I think this is a very needed amendment. I would say one of the most frustrating things about this process, and my colleagues on the other side know, is that we passed this…

I claim the time opposition, but I do not oppose the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Illinois is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

This hearing will delve into the question of what these changes mean for everyone involved in fuels and vehicles, and most importantly what they mean for consumers.

We should consider new ideas for improving them, namely a High-Octane Fuel Standard matched with vehicles whose engines are optimized to run on these fuels.

I believe there were two key takeaways--one, that the internal combustion engine running on petroleum and plant-based liquid fuels will remain the major player in the decades ahead, and--two, that battery electric vehicles will continue to…

I believe coal-fired generation will have an important role in providing affordable electricity and making an EV future work.

I believe that no matter how well intentioned ANY regulatory effort may be, the only way to get a lasting solution... is by having Congress settle this issue in statute.

I believe that no matter how well intentioned any regulatory effort may be, the only way to get a lasting solution... is by having Congress settle this issue by statute.

You are unfit to hold public office and undeserving of the public trust.

I urge you, Mr. Administrator and the other members of the Executive Branch, to patiently work with us in good faith on a legislative solution to the RFS.

I urge you, Mr. Administrator, and the other members of the executive branch to patiently work with us in good faith on a legislative solution to the Renewable Fuel Standard.

I am especially happy with the reinvigorated Superfund program and in particular, after more than 20 years on the National Priorities List, I am very glad to see progress finally being made on the West Lake Landfill.

The American people don't want ideologues rewriting or reinterpreting our laws, they expect and deserve folks at agencies like the EPA who will faithfully implement what Congress has passed.

I also want to applaud your initiative to look at the EPA's workforce and identify ways to make the Agency more efficient and effective.