Ed Whitfield

I take exception to that because in his Action Plan he included many of the component parts of the cap-and-trade legislation that was considered by the Congress in 2009, the Waxman-Markey bill.

The President's global warming agenda being implemented through the EPA has been holding back the economy which continues to struggle.

the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has continued to violate the law governing the Yucca Mountain licensing process.

I hope that you will direct your staff to do the same.

The President frequently talks about an all-of-the-above policy. I support an all-of-the-above energy policy.

I hope that you will do everything possible to expedite this, not try to rewrite the law.

Chairman Shimkus, I want to thank you very much for having this important hearing.

the Obama administration has really established a pattern of disregarding laws that they do not agree with.

Well, I mean it is a Federal law right now that Yucca Mountain is the designated site.

I would say, first of all, with all due respect, we have no intent to pollute additionally the waterways that the gentleman referred to in Michigan, and I rise to oppose his amendment simply because he would say that this legislation would…

May I ask how much time is remaining. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Kentucky has 18 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from California has 15 minutes remaining.

I might say, with all due respect to my friend from California, that he is exactly correct. I was not satisfied with Utility MACT, but primarily because EPA misled the American people. Publicly they were always talking about the mercury…

This evening, we will be debating H.R. 1582, the Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013, authored by the distinguished gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee. Madam Chairman, one of the major…

I would like to remind everyone once again that this legislation applies only to energy-related regulations that exceed $1 billion. That's all that it applies to. At this time, I would like to yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentleman…

As the gentleman said, his amendment would, in effect, strike the provisions preventing EPA from finalizing rules that the Energy Secretary determined will cause significant adverse effects to the economy, and that's precisely why I…

Every day the President... talks about energy, he talks about all-of-the-above and yet America is the only country in the world where you cannot build a new coal-power plant.

I don't envy you trying to defend the administration on this issue.

the President is out there every day talking about all-of-the-above, and the nuclear energy is really being stagnant right now because of this waste issue.

It is really upsetting to people when you talk about a $16 trillion Federal debt that is growing every day.

Harry Reid, President Barack Obama, and the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission basically made the decision they don't care what the Congress thinks.

Well, if I may make one final comment, I do hope that you ought to consider things other than just carbon capture and sequestration because there are a lot of other technologies out there that can be just as beneficial.

I want to thank the gentleman very much. Yesterday, the President made a speech at Knox College in Illinois. And in that speech, he categorized Republican Members of Congress in three groups. He said there was a group of Republicans who…

the interests of consumers are directly impacted by the RFS.

The hearing will come to order. I will recognize myself for a 5-minute opening statement.

It is my hope that with today's hearing, we can at least start the process of consensus building on a path forward for the RFS.