The industry is not happy about spending millions of dollars to upgrade their products because of a one-size-fits-all, top-down rule from the EPA.
Thomas Massie
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Thomas Harold Massie is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Kentucky's 4th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Massie has been an advocate for limited government and individual liberties. He is known for his libertarian-leaning views and has often focused on issues such as fiscal responsibility and government transparency. Throughout his tenure, he has been involved in various legislative efforts and has made headlines for his outspoken positions on a range of topics.
I predict that the people's House votes not to fund that regulation because the majority of our constituents don't support it.
Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from North Carolina for his leadership on this issue and for yielding the time to me. First, the administration went after coal. Now it is coming after wood heat. In March, the EPA finalized a new rule…
And what troubles me--and this gets to the point Mr. Woodall was making--I see projects in my State and projects at the county level--in fact, I was a county executive--I see projects there, yet I see the big projects not getting done.
I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for yielding. I think some words from James Madison are instructive to this debate. He said: In no part of the Constitution is more wisdom to be found than in the clause which confides the question…
Well, you are an optimist, Mr. Gohmert, and I would wholeheartedly second that, but, look, you are also a realist, and I think we all need to be realists. The best way to keep those promises is not to make a promise you can't keep or not…
Well, I don't want to question anybody's motivations here in this body or in the other branch of the government, but I will say I have seen a zeal for the deal, a zeal for the trade deal, a zeal for a deal that people don't fully even…
I appreciate the gentleman from Texas for yielding. Mr. Speaker, we had a vote on the TPA here, and I just wanted to take some time to explain, and I think my colleague from Texas probably feels the same way. I am for trade. I think trade…
That is absolutely correct. Furthermore, the document that we viewed was a draft. It is not complete. If you read it, virtually every page of it has a little footnote that says, oh, we are still working on this page here. So, yeah, we are…
At this time, I yield 45 seconds to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lofgren).





