Ed Whitfield: “We have reason to believe from discussions with a lot of different groups that EPA is actually out there encouraging…”

Well, some States would disagree with that. I've talked to many of them, and they view--even though you went through a process, that you set the standard.

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.

Despite the stay of the Clean Power Plan, last week EPA published a 44-page proposed rule setting forth the details for Clean Energy Incentive Program.