"It really reminds me of something going on in your State, which is the actions of the California Air Resources Board."
"In the words of Harvard Economics Professor Robert Stavins, we have come to the inescapable conclusion that the economic analysis is terribly deficient in critical ways."
"Thank you all very much and we will bring this Committee hearing to a close."
"Essentially, it really seems that you are telling Congress that, unless we pass legislation that will increase the cost of energy, including on low-income families and businesses and schools, then you..."
"It is possible to abuse environmental laws and issue regulations in a manner that puts families out of work and makes doing business in the United States wholly uncompetitive."
"I think we all agree on the need for certainty and predictability and the benefit of that."
"I applaud you and the Administration for setting out as a stated goal transparency in all sorts of ways."
"There exists no legitimate economic argument that regulating CO2 would not increase the cost of energy."
"I think he can find that extra $100 million in EPA's bloated budget request alone."
"Will you recommend that the Agency permanently return to the old rules from prior decades or will you support a new attempt at reforming those rules?"
"The Administration asked us earlier this year to support borrowing $800 billion on our children's credit card to 'stimulate' the economy."