Ed Whitfield

At this time I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Gardner).

I would remind everyone that in America today, we're using about 22 million barrels of oil a day and that we're producing about 7 million barrels of oil a day in this country. We need more efficiency--there is no question about that--to…

I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Terry), the author of the bill.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Chairman, I rise today to support H.R. 1938, the North American-Made Energy Security Act, and give a long overdue green light to the Keystone XL pipeline project. The Keystone XL expansion…

We need transparency there. We need to know how much money is being spent.

We have reason to believe from discussions with a lot of different groups that EPA is actually out there encouraging these lawsuits.

It is almost unprecedented of the way that they are moving over at EPA.

Thank you very much, and Mr. Kovacs, would you mind getting back to us on this Data Quality Act on ways that it could be improved.

On rollcall No. 530, had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' (By unanimous consent, Mr. Hoyer was allowed to speak out of order.) Congratulating Representative John Dingell on His 85th Birthday

On rollcall No. 504, had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Amendment Offered by Mr. Poe of Texas The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on amendment No. 1 offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Poe)…

How much time do I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Kentucky has 2 minutes remaining.

I yield myself 2 minutes. To close this debate, I would simply say that we think 6 months is totally adequate to make some decisions about air quality permits for exploratory purposes only, and I would remind everyone here that EPA had a…

I would like to make one additional comment. I think you have a very good point on the balkanization. We have these Federal waters, the Outer Continental Shelf. We have a lot of oil reserves, and we're trying to explore, trying to produce…

We certainly want to thank the gentlelady from New York for introducing this amendment. To answer the question about how is this bill going to help oil prices and provide more oil for the marketplace, obviously it can't do it overnight…

I might remind our friend from Massachusetts that EPA actually approved the drilling permit, the exploratory drilling permit for Shell, in this case, on three separate occasions; but the delay has been the appeals by the opposing party to…

My friends on the other side of the aisle would make it appear that we are abandoning all environmental protections, and I would say that under this bill, there are still five opportunities for public comment. The NEPA process is not…

As we prepare to take up an important piece of legislation today, H.R. 2021, I would like to yield such time as he may consume to the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Upton).

I might just add here that the University of Alaska did a study on this legislation in oil and gas development in Alaska's arctic seas, and they concluded that the full development there would create 54,000 jobs. At this time, I yield 3…

I might just also remind everyone that this 5-year, 6-year period for this permit was for only an exploratory permit, not even a production permit. I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Pearce).

I would also like to clarify that this bill does not change the Clean Air Act in any way as it relates to monitoring stationary sources or mobile sources. I wanted to point that out. Second of all, the gentlelady from California mentioned…

I would like to quote from Lisa Jackson, who was talking explicitly about the permitting issue here. She said: I believe that the analysis clearly shows that there is no public health concern here. And that's why EPA, on three separate…

At this time, Madam Chair, I yield 5 minutes to the author of this bill, the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Gardner).

I yield myself 5 minutes. I would like to say that the American people expect the Congress to provide opportunities for us to fully explore our natural resources. This is a very modest bill that only changes one very small part of the…

I yield myself 3 minutes. The gentleman, in his statement, noted that we consume 25 percent of the world's oil, but we possess only 2 percent of the world's reserves. And that's precisely why we're trying to pass this bill, because oil…

Our friend from California's amendment sort of makes a lot of sense. There are a couple of issues that I would like to point out about it. First of all, under her proposal, you would appeal the decision of the EPA at the local district…