David Vitter

One of my biggest pet peeves in this regard is the growth in the last 10 years of the mantra, the rallying cry of extreme weather.

I think we do a real disservice to science and facts the way we often do a cartoonish gloss over these issues.

Well, as you know, these three projects that under the law you can't consider, you clearly cannot consider, they form the majority of your discussion about the regs.

There is no observation, there is no historical record of increasing hurricane or tornado activity, both in terms of frequency and in terms of strength.

President Obama promised his Administration would be the most transparent in history. However, his record, including here, reflects a determined effort to do the opposite.

It is long overdue, quite frankly.

This avalanche of regulatory actions will begin in 2014, and I believe will further frustrate our already struggling economy.

Future generations are going to look back to this moment and judge each of us, each of us, by whether we start to act on this issue.

We will continue pushing for an oversight hearing on the Administration's climate agenda that includes witnesses from Federal agencies.

I am afraid these policies just show the international community three things: how to undermine chances of economic recovery and growth, how to achieve the lowest work force participation rate since the Carter administration, and how to…

I would underscore and encourage that with regard to CYBERCOM in particular.

Last week the press reported that Russia had used cyber-attacks against Ukrainian telecommunications, to hamper Ukrainian leadership's ability to access that.

Is it in particular a problem when we have allies and partners with less capable defenses than we do, and how do you handle that?

But within CYBERCOM, do you have the authorities and the policies you need to do all of that effectively?

I ask for the yeas and nays. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore…

We think a particularly important example of how science can be used or abused is the ongoing debate about fracking.

The pace and magnitude of this development is easily the single greatest threat to the ecological integrity of the west

Did you object in any way to the recent decision by Fish and Wildlife to move forward with 30-year permits that allow for wind farms to kill a significant number of bald eagles?

My point is he was making statements in a broad context and that was certainly not a criticism from the Left.

I really share a lot of the concerns about sound science that we have talked about.

The EPA, as the Chairman mentioned, is wrought with mismanagement and lack of appropriate responsibility to account for taxpayer dollars.

I am particularly concerned about getting the agencies involved in the climate agenda, getting them to testify directly about their administrative actions.

Did you object to the Office of Surface Mining Stream Buffer Zone Rule which would cause up to 7,000 job losses and have a negative impact in 22 States?

The single greatest threat to the ecological integrity of the west

I do not think we have been nearly aggressive enough in fulfilling that responsibility.