"Highway infrastructure is a critical component of our Nation's economy and our quality of life."
"A bipartisan solution to this problem is the only way forward."
"The policy questions and potential solutions related to Conowingo Dam, environmental concerns, and energy production are important and deserve the subcommittee's attention."
"At the same time, we must recognize that environmental policies and programs related to the Chesapeake Bay and elsewhere must be based on sound science and law and accomplished in a manner which does ..."
"The Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) represents a dramatic expansion of the Environmental Protection Agency's authority under the Clean Water Act and threatens State and local land use a..."
"Finally, on social cost of carbon, as you know we discovered last November that your office provided technical assistance for modeling on this ongoing effort."
"I think to hold up the poster from China and suggest that result is a Republican agenda is absurd and it is completely irresponsible."
"To suggest that somehow that is the same as smog and particulate matter and we are trying to repeal the Clean Air Act is just completely cartoonish."
"I think it is time to stop just talking about that and shed some much greater light on agency processes."
"Thank you, Chairman Boxer, for convening today's hearing, and welcome to our three nominees."
"I want to move to the Endangered Species Act. EPA's proposed NSPS rule will likely force a shift away from coal-fired energy toward many things that are much more land intensive sources of energy."