Brett Guthrie: “This has been an important hearing and I appreciate everybody being here.”

Mr. Chair, this isn't a hollow exercise. This is our opportunity to say these programs are important to us. Article I of the Constitution clearly gives us legislative authority: All legislative authority will vest in the Congress of the…

It is difficult for small businesses to stay in business. I would say if this equipment was going to do for small businesses what the Department of Energy and the other side is saying, they would buy them. They wouldn't have to be told to…

I have a letter here from the National Automatic Merchandising Association--vending machines, as most of us would know it--that it would be affecting their vending members. Most are small businesses. Ninety-plus percent of their operators…

The price is different around the world because of the way it is distributed. The price of natural gas is the price of natural gas. To use it, you have to get it to market. You have to have it there. To use an example my friend from…