Ed Whitfield: “you are killing jobs left and right with no regard to what is going to happen to the people in those areas”

According to the administration, DOE has 15 more home appliance standards in the regulatory pipeline, including ones for computers, light bulbs, air conditioners, ovens, furnaces, battery chargers, dishwashers, and ceiling fans.

However, most of this trend is due to sharply increased domestic oil production--something that few imagined was even possible during the Congressional debates over the RFS.

We must do more to decrease our dependence on foreign oil and expand our use of renewable energy sources that boost economic development in our rural areas...

I would like to inquire how much time is remaining on both sides. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Kentucky has 4\3/4\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Illinois has 4 minutes remaining.