Ed Whitfield: “I hope that we can make the right decision because the American people deserve it, and we want to be competitive in the…”

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.

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

Why do you think the Supreme Court issued a stay of the Clean Power Plan?

I want clean air. I want clean water. But I don't want an organized attack on the energy-producing sector of America because of, to use Mr. McNerney's term, a political decision to go after hydrocarbons.