Ed Whitfield: “I want to thank Representative Pompeo for his work on H.R. 1900, the Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act.”

This subcommittee has cast a critical eye on several major regulations--such as the ozone rule and the Clean Power Plan--that threaten billions of dollars in costs and thousands of jobs.

EPA is pushing a back door cap-and-trade policy without congressional approval.

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.

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.