Ed Whitfield: “The hearing will come to order. I will recognize myself for a 5-minute opening statement.”

The Clean Power Plan was like picking up the Constitution and tearing it up.

There are strong feelings on the issue because many people, and we are speaking for our constituents, believe that EPA is exceeding its legal authority under the direction of a president who is trying to impose his will on climate change…

So many critics say that that flexibility argument--we're giving maximum flexibility to the State--is really a red herring.

Amen. I was just in China and we saw their reports in the local press. They're building new power plants they know they don't need. They just want the jobs, more coal emissions. So, again, it's a global challenge. It's not just America's…