Steve Scalise

I have got a piece of legislation we have passed out of the Full House twice now, bipartisan, I think was unanimous earlier--in this Congress called the FCC Consolidated Reporting Act...

A lot of us that want to continue to maintain a free and open Internet want to make sure that we are going about it the right way.

When these coal plants are being shut down, people are paying more for their electricity because of the results of your actions.

In 2012, EPA said that its utility MACT rule would not result in significant plant shutdowns.

When I look at your budget, it seems EPA spent a significant portion of that budget on rule-making activities.

I hope you are not trying to say there is not a war on coal? I mean, there is clearly a war on coal.

President Obama when he was running for president. He talked about, you know, utility costs skyrocketing.

When you projected in 2012 4.7 gigawatts would be retired, in fact, the numbers show it is closer to 51 gigawatts.

I mean look at Putin is doing right now. I know the President just doesn't seem to take this seriously.

I have been a strong supporter of an open and free Internet, and especially free from governments that have an interest in taxing, restricting, censoring the Internet.

Congress hasn't gone and revised and updated those laws since this was the device, long past time that we do it.

The time for re-evaluation is long past.

I don't believe every single cable subscriber should be mandated by the Federal Government to buy what anyone else might be selling.

We are going to continue pushing it.

You just want to go back to work.

The President trivializes this, and acts as if, you know, those aren't good jobs anyway.

The President often trivializes that, and tries to diminish the job impact.

The President has the opportunity to sign that permit.

The quickest way to do this is just for the State Department to grant a presidential permit.

Today, we will refocus on what really matters--ensuring affordable and reliable energy for as many people as possible.

I'm particularly disappointed by the administration's opposition to financing for new state-of-the-art new coal-fired power plants in developing countries.

The pain will fall disproportionately on the poor, who are least able to handle higher electric bills.

The Obama energy agenda is all economic pain for no environmental gain.

Even EPA administrator Gina McCarthy admitted to this committee that none of her agency's costly global warming rules would make a measurable difference.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, appreciate the--having this hearing. Appreciate all of you being back with us today.