Ed Whitfield: “I genuinely believe that one of the major problems facing Congress today is our budgetary and appropriations process.”

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.

I believe we should have an open mind on whether changes are needed.

we created the policy so we have to change it.

Well, a lot of us did not believe that to be true.