David Vitter

This problem goes all the way back to Franklin Delano Roosevelt when he did this kind of thing.

I think the first rule of health care reform is if you think health care is expensive now, just wait until it's free.

Yes. I voted several times to repeal it, and I'm still working to repeal it.

It's certainly not going to be our only one, as well.

Small business is at the heart of this economic renaissance.

Welcome to everybody, and thanks for being here.

I would lead us out of Common Core but in a strong, rigorous, demanding, Louisiana-based system.

Second, we do need to speed up the permits for all oil and gas activities.

I'm not optimistic he would sign something like that, but this is the fight we're having with the Executive Branch.

I agree with that. I happen to be on the Senate committee that deals with everything related to EPA, so I'm constantly working to push back on those sorts of regulations.

It's a horrible litigation environment. It's a horrible threat to us, and we're not expanding anything in Louisiana specifically because of that.

The reason I do focus a lot on cost is I think that's the biggest reason for lack of access.

At the current rate, Louisiana can't meet our workforce development needs.

Senator Vitter laid out some pretty stark numbers out there about the mismatch between projected demand and supply.

And third, we need to allow the export of LNG to all countries, not just some.

I am committed to continuing to recognize that patents are a fundamental property right that our founders recognized and valued.

But we have to get started and we have to empower EPA and give it the resources to do this job.

When TSCA was first passed, it was actually done through the Commerce Committee, primarily because unlike other environmental laws that regulate pollutants, TSCA actually regulates products all over the Country and the world.

When you are talking about poisons, the States ought to have the ability to protect their citizens.

In my opinion, when you look at maps like this, it absolutely shows us why we have to fix TSCA through a strong bipartisan compromise like Udall-Vitter.

On behalf of the March of Dimes, I thank you, Mr. Chairman, as well as Senators Udall and Vitter, for our hard work, reaching across the aisle and working to address the needs and concerns of many stakeholders.

So obviously, if you zoom past 25, if you get to 40, if you go past 40, there is no ceiling, there is nothing in the law preventing you from doing that?

So for that particular path, the rules are different and more allowing of the State regulations to continue?

I think we need to have the preemption discussion in that context.

Doesn't it keep in place any State regulation that exists prior to the EPA taking up a chemical until the EPA makes a conclusion in its study?