Ed Whitfield: “At this time, Madam Chair, I yield 5 minutes to the author of this bill, the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Gardner).”

Why do you think the Supreme Court issued a stay of the Clean Power Plan?

Congress did not write the Clean Air Act to provide EPA with the ability to create new regulatory powers and authorities so it can transform the Nation's energy system.

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

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.