Ed Whitfield: “We feel quite confident--by the way, our energy emissions are the lowest today they have been in 20 years.”

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.

The third goal of the RFS is to boost rural economies, and here we can say that the program has delivered on its promise.

we created the policy so we have to change it.

We must do more to decrease our dependence on foreign oil and expand our use of renewable energy sources that boost economic development in our rural areas...