Ed Whitfield

The gentlelady from California may view this argument about jobs as a false choice, but we do have letters from over 300 organizations concerned about the impact on jobs that these EPA regulations will have, including letters of support…

Let me just say to you that the last 40 years, we've had a lot of economic expansion. Right now we've just come out of a recession. We have a 9.1 percent unemployment rate. Everyone's talking about jobs, and all of the testimony that we've…

How much time do we have remaining? The CHAIR. The gentleman from Kentucky has 15 minutes remaining. The gentleman from California has 7\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I know that we're going to be hearing a lot about mercury today. I would like to point out that it's been indicated that 98 percent of the mercury present in America today, air, land, and so forth, comes from natural causes and from…

I might say to the distinguished ranking member that we do not authorize any additional funding in this bill and that EPA does have a $2 billion budget that allows them to deal with regulatory issues. I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I now yield 4 minutes to the chairman of the Telecom Subcommittee of Energy and Commerce, the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Walden).

I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas, a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Mr. Olson.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 1 Offered by Ms. Schakowsky

The gentlelady from Illinois is certainly a valuable member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, and is an effective advocate for her positions, but her amendment would require a finding that mercury emitted from the cement kiln is a…

All of us are very much concerned about excessive spending by the Federal Government. We know we have a serious debt, we have a serious deficit, and all of us are determined to bring that in line and to solve that problem. Now, the…

There has been a lot of discussion in the 1-minutes this morning about the importance of passing the Obama jobs bill. I would like to remind everyone today that the bailouts, the stimulus packages, all have exceeded $2 trillion in the…

Under the existing Clean Air Act, cement plants have 3 years to comply with section 112 standards; incinerators have 5 years to comply with section 129 standards. Because of the testimony that we heard over a series of hearings, the…

Well, thank you very much. Reclaiming my time, like I said, the purpose of our legislation is to extend it to 5 years because of the complications involved. And for that reason, I would respectfully oppose the gentlelady's amendment and…

This amendment directs the administrator of the EPA to implement current cement plants rules if emissions at cement kilns are increasing the risk of cancer. This amendment would, in effect, defeat the entire purpose of our legislation. Our…

I certainly want to thank the gentleman from Tennessee for offering this amendment and particularly pointing out that it relates to animals as well as people, and I would say that from our analysis, certainly EPA considers work-related…

The amendment offered by the gentleman would set a 3- year compliance date and allow case-by-case extensions for up to 2 years if the administrator of EPA determines that there is a compelling need to do so. The purpose, of course, of this…

How much time remains on each side? The CHAIR. The gentleman from Kentucky has 6\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from California has 4\1/2\ minutes remaining.

The last time that the Clean Air Act was amended in any significant way was 1990, over 21 years ago. And Congress certainly has the responsibility, from time to time, to look at the Clean Air Act to make changes when we believe changes…

Thank you very much. Over the last year particularly, great attention has been paid in this country to the state of our economy; and despite all of the efforts of the bailouts, the stimulus spending and other efforts, our unemployment rate…

I have one more speaker and he will be closing. Other than that, I have no further requests for time.

May I inquire how much time remains? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Kentucky has 3 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from California has 4\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Vermont will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Ms. Moore

I would remind everyone just once again that we're talking about 14 regulations. We're not delaying 12 of them in any way. We're asking for further analysis of two of them. For that reason, I would oppose the amendment. I yield back the…

I have great admiration for the gentleman from Florida, who is always eloquent in his remarks. {time} 1030 He started off his support of his amendment by saying that we are trying to dismantle any regulation. I would like to remind…

While I have great regard for the gentleman from Virginia, I must rise to oppose this amendment. In his 2008 convention speech, Barack Obama promised to create 5 million green energy jobs. An article in The New York Times headlines…