Ed Whitfield: “The Ratepayer Protection Act provides solutions to both these legal and implementation problems.”

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

May I ask how much time is remaining on both sides? The CHAIR. The gentleman from Kentucky has 20 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Illinois has 13\1/2\ minutes remaining.

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.

In my view, an appliance that saves a few dollars per year on energy but doesn't work as well is being penny wise and pound foolish.