Ed Whitfield: “Is that your honest opinion of the impact of this regulation on the state of Florida?”

During the almost 6 years that I have been chairman of this subcommittee, we've had 40 hearings that have looked at various EPA rules and proposals that affect or will affect the Nation's energy and industrial sectors.

EPA has created a de facto fuel and renewable energy standard for America.

I would like to inquire how much time is remaining on both sides. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Kentucky has 4\3/4\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Illinois has 4 minutes remaining.

However, most of this trend is due to sharply increased domestic oil production--something that few imagined was even possible during the Congressional debates over the RFS.