Ed Whitfield

I claim the time in opposition to the motion to recommit. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Kentucky is recognized for 5 minutes.

I would like to make an inquiry on the amount of time remaining on both sides. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Kentucky has 11\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from California has 5\1/2\ minutes remaining.

At this time, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, first of all, I would like to point out that H.R. 3301 really, in a way, corrects the inequity. Today, natural gas pipelines are treated one way if they cross…

May I inquire how much time remains? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Kentucky has 17\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from California has 13\1/2\ minutes remaining.

At this time, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Latta), a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee.

I would just say that H.R. 3301 is designed to do one thing: to treat all pipelines and electric transmission lines exactly as natural gas pipelines are treated. The Great Lakes, we are all committed to. There are 33 separate environmental…

These actions appear to be about removing coal as an energy source in America and promoting President Obama's leadership perception in the international community.

As Chairman Whitfield has pointed out, there are no health claims.

The original Clean Air Act respected the appropriate role for States and local governments.

We feel quite confident--by the way, our energy emissions are the lowest today they have been in 20 years.

I can assure you that Congress is going to do its role and look very closely at this over 600-page regulation.

Is this a power grab? It seems to demonstrate once again that this administration is getting the reputation that we hear repeatedly of being a unilateralist.

This is more of a political proposal than it is an environmental proposal.

This proposal looks similar to the cap-and-trade legislation that the Obama administration advocated for a long, long time.

Well, we all agree on that. But that is why, you know, at least we have a product here, a piece of legislation.

I wish that the PASS group would get together with Mr. Faber's organization and see if we can come up with some improvements.

When you have these eight applications, earliest of which was submitted in 2002, and you have only responded to two of them in 12 years, you know, something is not working.

I mean, I agree, I mean, I think we all agree this is ridiculous. Twelve years.

FDA has not expanded its approval list of sunscreen ingredients since 1999, even though many innovative products have been used safely for years abroad.

the commitment that I am asking for from you and others at FDA is to work with us in a sincere way to improve this process for the health and welfare of the American people.

President Obama's extensive use of executive orders, executive actions, and unilateral regulatory action threatens to enable President Obama to become a government unto himself.

Congress has acted in the areas that the President is concerned about.

EPA is clearly moving in the opposite direction, piling many new major rules on top of all the existing ones.

Just one rule impacting coal-fired power plants, the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, has been estimated by the agency to cost $9.6 billion annually.

Those people who are involved in the utility business tell us explicitly that they cannot build a new coal-fired plant and meet these emission standards.