I am here this morning to acknowledge the Wichita State University men's basketball team and its unparalleled success this year. The number 2 ranked Shockers are the only team in the Nation that remains undefeated. At 34-0, the Wichita…

The House has debated legislation authored by Representative Mike Pompeo to bring some discipline and accountability to the pipeline permitting process.

You know, we heard from some folks on the other side today the Republicans aren't interested in solutions.

I think we should get rid of them all.

Science is about testable propositions, right? You satisfy the regulations and this is the impact we would expect this would have on climate change.

Yes, I appreciate that, real health effects of these regulations impacting folks adversely as opposed to what the proponents of these rules would say they are going to improve the health of citizens in Arkansas and places like…

This is about global leadership. This isn't about actually impacting climate change. This is about feeling good about ourselves.

I am not quite as sanguine that we are in a place where we are quite ready to move down this path.

Typically we regulate when there is a market failure.

I serve on the House Intelligence Committee, where I spend time trying to figure out how to keep America safe, and on the Energy and Commerce Committee, where I think about how to keep America free. But today, I want to talk about how…

The EPA already asserts that it has authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions--and methane is defined as a greenhouse gas. The EPA's New Source Performance Standards capture GHG emissions above a certain threshold. Permits are already…

I urge my colleagues to vote in opposition to the motion to recommit. Madam Speaker, while we share every one of our colleagues' concerns about pipeline safety, nothing in this legislation does anything to impact the safety of pipelines…