we are very concerned to make sure that any proposal that dealt with carbon emissions did so in a way that didn't affect our consumers and our businesses and our economy

I think what your experiences have shown and what at least our states' estimates were is that we can do this without not just not hurting the economy, we can actually stimulate the economy

I think our officials in Kentucky are relatively satisfied that they do have the flexibility to create a plan that will accomplish both significant reductions of carbon emissions without--and not hurt our economy

we have counties in Appalachia, southeastern Kentucky, that went from having the highest uninsured rate in the State, over 20 percent, to the lowest uninsured rate, under 5 percent.

Mr. Speaker, my home State of Kentucky has been a national model for how the Affordable Care Act can succeed. Through Kynect, our State exchange, more than 413,000 Kentuckians have gotten health insurance, nearly 310,000 of them for the…

So that is pretty astounding that in 4 years the projection extended the life--the viability of Medicare by 13 years.

I am not aware of any decent-sized business that is not very much focused on reducing their energy costs.

Rates on solar panels have come down approximately 75 percent just in a matter of 5 years or so.

Madam Speaker, today, some of my colleagues from across the aisle unveiled their proposal to address poverty in America. It is ironic because, tomorrow, they will vote to push 6 million children deeper into poverty by excluding their…

Madam Speaker, Republicans talk a lot about the need for the Federal Government to provide businesses with certainty so they can plan for the future. I agree with them. So why do they continue to block a long-range plan to fix our…

And not one of those users of electricity objected to that law, proposed law, and said they were either for it or neutral on it, saying, 'We could live with it.'