John Shimkus

I remind my colleagues that the administration has not issued a veto threat on this bill. I now yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn).

The public interest, the public policy designed by the legislation which was passed.

But, and I think one of the things that was not said explicitly, but we all know, is that we will be in an E10 environment because of the engine and infrastructure hurdles for some time.

But that is why we are having this hearing. That is exactly why we are here.

I think the basic premise is that in any business, and as the government has sent a signal, and you have made capital investment to respond to that Federal law, I think no one would be supportive of the government changing the rules to…

I think he is referring to actual contractual limitation on a retail location from placing these things in their retail location.

Imagine that. Oh, the irony.

I will yield back my time.

I would hope that you would concur with that?

I would rather he come talk to my coal miners, who won't be able to afford to send their kids to college because of what his announcement did yesterday.

I think that there may be a time, based upon the demand of liquid transportation fuels right now, and our supply and our renewables that we might be able to export refined product across the world to those in need.

So we are poised as a country to really be in a great position to turn--over my past decade of being here, it is always we are sending our money to the Middle East because they have the energy.

We had talked before about--I usually bring a poster. I haven't done it this Congress--of coal miners who lost their jobs in the '92 Clean Air Act.

That is what this debate is about, and everyone knows it, and so that is why we need to move forward for jobs and lower costs of energy and the like.

But the caution is that these expansions are market dependent.

They are going to be sending their money to us, which will help across the board in our balance of payment, our trade, on our revenues to our country providing the services, especially in a sequestration.

I urge members to make every effort at this hearing to learn the fundamentals of current law.

I, for one, think we should closely examine TSCA and be open to legislation to update and reform it.

If the court orders the NRC to resume the license review, will you honor the court's decision and support the NRC process?

I think it is our subcommittee's responsibility to oversee the EPA actions.

If I had to make a choice between doing that and spending the money on the cleanup, I would spend the money on the cleanup.

I think this is good faith effort, these 3 bills, to do that.

But the point of the question is one of the pieces of legislation says that the Federal Government, the EPA has to review every regulation within 3 years.

So I can, then, call the State of New Jersey and say, I have got a city manager who says it is going to be helpful to him to review all his local ordinances every 3 years.

That was one of the pieces of legislation that I helped originally cosponsor to get to small businesses.