Ed Whitfield: “And I understand our process of filing lawsuits, and we all have the right to do that.”

27 States filed a lawsuit against the Clean Power Plan, and the Supreme Court issued a stay.

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.

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