Ed Whitfield: “I claim time in opposition to the motion to recommit. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Kentucky is recognized…”

EPA is pushing a back door cap-and-trade policy without congressional approval.

The main objection here and the basis of the motion to commit relates to climate change. Contrary to the gentleman's statement that the House does not recognize climate change, all of us recognize that the climate is changing. We do…

During the almost 6 years that I have been chairman of this subcommittee, we've had 40 hearings that have looked at various EPA rules and proposals that affect or will affect the Nation's energy and industrial sectors.

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...