Ed Whitfield

I feel very fortunate to be here with Joyce Lovelace today, not only because she is a constituent but because, ever since I have been a Member of Congress, Joyce and her husband, Eddie, have been very good friends of mine.

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. DeFAZIO. Does that mean there's only one speaker on their side? The Acting CHAIR. That is correct. Mr. DeFAZIO. May I inquire of the Chair how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The…

We have great respect for our friends on the other side of the aisle. I think we all recognize that we do have basic differences in our philosophy about the way energy is produced in America. It's quite clear that many people on the other…

Well, I'm just reading from page 7. Anyway, this amendment simply creates a national renewable electricity standard. We've seen it before. It was in the Markey-Waxman cap-and-trade bill in the last Congress, which was rejected by the…

I rise to claim time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Kentucky is recognized for 5 minutes.

We haven't declared war on wind or solar or anything else. We simply don't believe that when you have a $16 trillion Federal debt that the Federal Government should use taxpayers' money to serve as venture capital for risky ventures like…

I would say to the gentleman that we can accept all of the scientific evidence. When the Administrator of the EPA, Lisa Jackson, came to the committee, she was asked the question: What will happen if other countries don't do the same thing…

I stand in opposition to the gentleman's amendment very simply because we know that the Clean Air Act--under the greenhouse gas regulations as proposed by EPA, it will be impossible to build a new coal-powered plant in America. Because of…

Thank you. At this time I yield 1 minute to the gentlelady from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), who's a valuable member of the Energy and Commerce Committee.

I rise to claim time in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Kentucky is recognized for 5 minutes.

May I ask how much time we have remaining on our side? The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Woodall). The gentleman from Kentucky has 4\1/ 2\ minutes remaining.

I've already stated my reasons to oppose the amendment, and I would urge everyone to vote in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the…

I am going to say that I'm a little bit shocked that people would be so critical of this bill and saying that this bill is not important. All of us know that President Obama, when he was running for President, made the comment that if he…

I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. McKinley). Mr. McKINLEY. I rise today in an effort to stop this administration's war on coal. Those who believe that there is no war on coal are in dangerous denial. The actions of…

At this time I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Sullivan), who's the vice chairman of the Energy and Power Subcommittee.

At this time I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Pompeo), a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee.

We have no further requests for time, and I reserve the balance of my time to close. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Kentucky has 45 seconds remaining.

the President's comment when he was running for President clearly shows that there is a bias against coal.

This war on coal must stop. These ideologically driven regulations must not be implemented until the technology and the economics justify their cost.

So in my opinion, this is not a fuel-neutral proposed regulation.

Now, I would be the first to say that there's still $34 billion left. We have 50 companies that have presented applications to the Department of Energy. They've spent a lot of money. So to just cut it off right now would be basically…

First, I want to thank the chairman of the full committee and the chairman of the Oversight Committee, Mr. Stearns, for the great effort they did over the last year-and-a-half of bringing the facts of these loan programs to the Congress…

the President makes the comment frequently that oil production has gone up since he has been President, which is actually true, but it certainly hasn't gone up as a result of any affirmative government program.

So you have great certainty that it is there but from a financial standpoint you simply cannot claim them?

You had the opportunity to extend the Production Tax Credit.