Ed Whitfield

they genuinely believe that there is a bias against fossil fuel at EPA.

That is not the type of attitude we need from public employees.

when you deal with EPA regulations and enforcement actions, it is very complex and it is not easy to discuss in a readily comprehensible way.

The gentleman's time is expired.

May I ask who has the right to close? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Georgia.

At this time, I'd like to yield 4 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Scalise), a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and a real advocate for the Keystone pipeline.

At this time, I would like to yield 4 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Terry), who is one of the primary sponsors of the Keystone pipeline legislation, and the route of the pipeline will be going partially through…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. First of all, I want to thank the gentleman from Georgia for introducing this motion to instruct as I think it is for the benefit of the American people. Yet, having said this in many hearings on…

Mr. Strawbridge, you were talking about something like a hundred times more powerful than morphine. Is that right?

On average, 24 horses die each week on racetracks across America.

Nothing is more important than safety for those men and women who are jockeys out there riding these magnificent animals.

This is a controversial issue because any time you talk about change, people and entities feel threatened.

I genuinely appreciate your having this hearing.

The horseracing industry is a $40 billion industry as an impact on our national economy.

I wish more trainers were like you, Mr. McPeek, but I get the idea that there are not a lot of like you out there.

I think Mr. Meehan certainly hit the point here, and that is that no one really has authority to do much of anything.

Are painkillers regularly administered to these horses on race day or is that illegal in most jurisdictions, or do you know?

This legislation would apply to all of it across the board if they use simulcasting.

Well, thank you, Chairman Pitts, and I would like to also say how glad we are to be in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

I am delighted that, today, Father Gerald Baker, pastor of the St. Ann Catholic Church in Morganfield, Kentucky, gave our opening prayer. He has served as pastor in Morganfield since 2003. Prior to that, Father Baker was also the pastor in…

So we find ourselves in a situation where we have this Federal mandate on the renewable fuel standard.

And in some ways you can say, you know what, the Federal Government should be responsible for it.

Now, John Shimkus and I, Mr. Chairman Shimkus and I, and others have really been upset about the Equal Access to Justice Act because it lacks transparency.

Kids have a right to make mistakes.

There should be a law that protects children.