Ed Whitfield: “The administration, we recognize, views climate change as the Number 1 issue facing mankind”

There are strong feelings on the issue because many people, and we are speaking for our constituents, believe that EPA is exceeding its legal authority under the direction of a president who is trying to impose his will on climate change…

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

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.