Steve Scalise

The war on coal has been duly noted, you know, you see so much coal being exported because you can't even use it in this country today

But you have repeatedly indicated that our plants are safe and that regulatory changes are often referred to as safety enhancements.

We actually cut our own budgets here in the House

I think you could probably be a lot more efficient, you might want to call the White House to tell him, just park Air Force One.

We need to start controlling spending, because 40 cents of every dollar is borrowed money

The consensus is we want the sequester numbers to come in and to finally see spending reduced in Washington.

You are using it as a national model, but the people building it are saying it shouldn't be used as some kind of national model.

Kemper said, the other three I don't think have testified. Kemper has testified, and their testimony was they shouldn't be used as a national standard.

There is bipartisan interest in ending this war on coal and getting back to an economy that can function.

These high energy costs hit low income families the hardest.

The Obama administration has a war on coal, and I think their objectives have been stated over the years.

Clearly, if you look at what happened, we don't have the numbers from the President because he missed his statutory deadline, so we're hoping that he at least puts forth a budget. It would be ideal if he puts forth a budget that shows…

If I may inquire, how much time is remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Louisiana has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Maryland has 4\1/4\ minutes remaining.

At this time I'd like to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Price), the author of the underlying bill.

The President will go around saying that production has never been higher, and yet you actually look at some of his policies that have shut production off on federal lands.

I appreciate you having this hearing on America's energy security, and specifically to look at an assessment of our resources.

We surely don't want to see the federal government come in and try to slow that down

The States have the ability to do that much better and have a great track record

The EPA might try to give the impression that there are no federal regulations and they need to step in

I thank the gentlelady from Tennessee again for yielding and the gentlelady from New York for pointing those important facts out, because if you look at an important point that was just brought up, under ObamaCare, there were more than 20…

$15 billion is right now estimated to be raised that would go towards paying down the debt.

I appreciate you having this hearing. I know as we have done this work on the task force over the last few months...

Production is lower on Federal lands, and that is not disputed by his own Energy Information Administration.

He is bragging about something he doesn't create.

It is clearly a goal that we can achieve, but it is also clearly a goal that can't be achieved under the current policies of President Obama.