Andy Barr: “I would also make this point that this is the United States of America. In the United States of America, we solve…”

“I would also make this point that this is the United States of America. In the United States of America, we solve problems through entrepreneurship, free enterprise, and innovation. We put a man on the Moon because we are Americans. We believe in freedom, and we believe in innovation. If there is a problem with carbon emissions and climate change, then we should solve the problem the American way, through fossil energy research. What we should not do is supply a Soviet-style, command-and- control solution from Washington, which will not solve the problem. What we need to be doing is exporting American technology to China and India and other countries that have inferior electricity-generating capabilities. Mr. McKINLEY. Mr. Speaker, I just wanted to touch base again before we go to our last speaker. Again, these are all of the rules. This is the overwhelming number of rules that we are trying to deal with in America in dealing with fossil fuels, from ozone to new source performance standards. I could go on. There is the regional haze and the greenhouse gas tailoring rule. We have to deal with those. Let me show the impact as already predicted is going to happen. It is that we are going to see higher utility bills. If we want to see that, just keep doing it because that is exactly what is going to happen. This chart has been produced that shows, just in West Virginia 7 years ago--let's just say for discussion--you had a $100 bill for your monthly electric.…”