Ed Whitfield: “May I inquire as to the time remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Kentucky has 10 minutes remaining…”

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.

Congress did not write the Clean Air Act to provide EPA with the ability to create new regulatory powers and authorities so it can transform the Nation's energy system.

The RFS was also supposed to provide a means for significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but a growing number of scientists and environmental advocates are saying otherwise.

It is critically important that the Federal Government maintains its leadership role of promoting, encouraging, and enticing interested stakeholders.