Ed Whitfield

Our trade deficit last year in the United States was $539 billion.

DOE should be out in front of this revolution taking steps to facilitate its development and not creating obstacles to it.

I believe that the proposed fiscal year 2014 DOE budget we will review today...is not a forward-looking proposal.

I do believe what the President said. We need an all-of-the-above policy, but frequently, my view is that this Administration says one thing and does another in that arena.

Your comments are so insightful that it makes me think about other things.

I would urge you once again to use all of the speed that you all have available to you on your request for proposal for the economic development at the Paducah plant.

Congratulations Dr. Moniz on your overwhelming victory in the Senate.

The shale gas and oil revolution in America holds tremendous potential for energy affordability and security.

I introduced legislation along with a Democratic Member that would repeal a provision in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.

Thank you very much for yielding. And I would reiterate, once again, that the application to build the Keystone pipeline was filed on September 19, 2008. Since that time, over 15,500- and-some-odd pages of environmental studies have been…

I thank the gentleman. These are very rural areas. I will tell you that the Fish and Wildlife Service provides a great deal of protection and enforcement of broken laws in this area. Many of these people are quite familiar with each other…

Chairman Shuster, I want to thank you and Ranking Member Napolitano for agreeing to bring this important legislation to the floor. I will tell you, last September the Army Corps of Engineers made a decision that at the 10 dams located on…

President Obama talks about an all-of-the-above policy, and yet his Administration is doing everything possible to eliminate coal from the equation.

I don't think America needs to take a back seat to any country in the world when it comes to doing an effective job of maintaining a clean environment.

the budget for the EPA this year request is $8.153 billion, and the Obama Administration EPA has been as aggressive as any agency in the federal government in recent years.

EPA's new CAFE rules for cars and small trucks are estimated by the Agency to cost $210 billion by 2025.

I think it is going to be extremely difficult for the American people to accept the fact that a plant at Texarkana, Arkansas, that opened up in December of last year with the best available technology that it would not be able to meet the…

The Utility MACT Rule alone has been estimated by the Agency, which many people say is conservative, to cost $9.6 billion annually.

But while this energy abundance is a source of jobs at home, it can also be a force for good around the world.

America's growing energy production is a real game changer.

Instead of being beholden to energy exporting nations, we are fast becoming one ourselves.

I want to thank the gentleman from Kentucky for hosting this discussion about the importance of coal, and for all those who are going to participate in this discussion this evening. When President Obama was seeking the office he now holds…

One view supported by many people in America, including some of our Democratic colleagues, view climate change as the most important issue facing mankind.

So I think those two visions of America is what we are really talking about today.

I personally have talked to our staff. While we have different priorities, many on your side view climate change as the most important issue.