"Let me be clear. The EPA is now saying they are going to come after our woodstoves."
"Killing coal and eventually natural gas production in my State will saddle my constituents already struggling in this sluggish Obama economy with higher utility prices on par with those experienced in..."
"You realize that is going to be perceived that way if you don't hold these hearings?"
"residents of rural areas, like myself, who rely on wood heat as an affordable, abundant, renewable, and you will like this, carbon neutral source of heat energy, are perpetually perplexed by the EPA's..."
"you can promise us today that if Americans like the wood stove they have, they can keep it, period?"
"I want to thank you for your work on the recent bill, the first appropriations bill that we passed, reallocating priorities so that we can try and get rid of the backlog in the VA filings, and that di..."
"I appreciate you organizing this hearing. I think among all the congressmen, you are probably the most qualified to cover this issue given your service in the military, and also in the health care pro..."
"When Social Security numbers were created, they were ostensibly to tract retirement benefits but now you need a Social Security number..."
"We are the greatest country in the world, and we left people there, Mr. Hicks and Mr. Stevens, to essentially fend for themselves."
"But I submit to you we have three very good men here who are going beyond the call of duty to come here and testify today."
"When a department or an agency can't or doesn't give a straight answer to the press or the American public and the American public becomes frustrated, it is the mission of this committee to get the an..."