Ed Whitfield

Many states that I have heard from are quite concerned about EPA setting standards and not working in a cooperative way.

Well, look, let me just say, natural gas prices are very low, so no one is interested in building a plant right now.

I want to thank once again Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois and Mrs. Capps of California for this commonsense legislation. When you think about young men and women serving in the military and Iraq and Afghanistan and responding to a wide array of…

We don't want to be an alarmist on climate change, for example, but we want to protect our environment and we want to fully explore the natural resources that we have which can go a long way toward stimulating our economy and creating jobs…

This domestic energy wealth brings with it many issues that will need to be addressed by this subcommittee in the months and years ahead.

we want to be sure that we take every action possible to stimulate the economy and create more jobs.

I look forward to another 2 years with the ranking member, Mr. Rush.

I think we are very fortunate to live here, and the policies that we adopt are going to go a long way in determining how far we can go down this road.

We should be making good use of this gift instead of strangling it in red tape.

We can be energy independent if we want to. It is not a question of can we.

I would like to call this hearing to order this morning, and I certainly want to welcome our panel of witnesses...

I think all of us agree that we have many problems facing our country today but one of the primary ones that we have is a sluggish economy...

A wholesale rethinking of energy policy is in order, and today's hearing is the first step in that process.

we have many problems facing our country today but one of the primary ones that we have is a sluggish economy

Well, thank you. It's a joy working with you, and, once again, congratulations. Mr. McKEON. Mr. Speaker, at this time, I yield 2 minutes to my friend and colleague, the chairman of the Subcommittee on Readiness, the gentleman from Virginia…

Well, thank you, Chairman McKeon, and I certainly want to thank you and Mr. Smith and your staffs for the hard work to complete this 51st consecutive defense authorization bill. As you know, the Energy and Commerce Committee has an…

It is also my understanding that it was not the intent in section 3113 to affect the Secretary of Energy's management, planning and oversight authority, or delegation authority, related to the National Nuclear Security Administration. Is…

Well, Chairman McKeon, I want to thank you very much. The Energy and Commerce Committee was concerned about the elimination of portions of the underlying section, and it is my understanding that you will commit to working with the Energy…

I might say that we're all looking forward to working with the gentleman from Vermont as he comes back to the Energy and Commerce Committee. At this time, I'd like to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Westmoreland), who…

At this time, I would like to yield for a period of 3 minutes to Dr. Roe of Tennessee, who is a member of the Education Committee.

At this time, Mr. Speaker, I would like to yield 3 minutes to the gentlelady from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), who is a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee.

I also want to urge everyone to support H.R. 6582, a small, modest, energy-efficiency bill that will save some jobs. I certainly want to thank the Members of the Senate, the Senate staff, the gentleman from California (Mr. Waxman) and his…

We all recognize that in this country we recently had a national election. We have a lot of new Members of the House of Representatives. We have new United States Senators. President Obama and Vice President Biden are back in their…

We genuinely appreciate your being here to investigate this very important issue.

We will all miss Eddie Lovelace, and we will never forget him.