Andy Harris

Where do you think we are going to get this money? Do we just print it over at the Treasury?

I want to thank you again for holding the hearing. And I am going to apologize to Mr. Royer and Mr. Erby right up front for the false promise that the American government has made to your companies.

You are wrong. I mean, the article says 40 percent of the funding, 4.3 billion went to 36 wind farms.

I think our average taxpayer would say that is a pretty darn good investment, especially since the price of their energy is so low.

As we evaluate these subsidies, it is important to remember that the President promoted them as not only central to his effort to fight global warming but also as generating jobs that would drive America's economic recovery.

A good chunk of that money, nearly $14 billion last year, according to CBO, is spent offsetting the cost of renewable energy tax credits.

As Congress considers the President's call to extend these subsidies, I hope these choices are the subject of thorough and open debate, taking into account the hardworking American taxpayer and the hardworking American electricity rate…

It just makes sense; it makes you feel very proud.

We all recognize three things about NOAA and weather forecasting in the future: First, recent severe storms have reaffirmed that we need to focus limited NOAA resources on preventing the loss of lives and property.

NOAA's 'tough choices' have resulted in placing nearly all of its eggs in a single basket: satellite systems fraught with a long history of major problems.

I want to welcome everyone to this afternoon's hearing to gain a better understanding of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's approach to procuring data for weather forecasting.

We are eating our seed corn. That is my great concern about our budget for research.

I have little confidence in EPA's ability to conduct trusted, quality science in this area.

Welcome to today's hearing entitled 'An Overview of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency Budgets for Fiscal Year 2013.'

The Subcommittee on Energy and Environment will come to order.

I am afraid we are not making tough choices.

America is tired of government folks coming up and saying that a budget increase of five percent is a tough choice.

What happens to the--do you maintain the 961 spaces under those two plans?

Is the plan ultimately that as these beachside spaces, if they get washed away, are you going to spend the money to replace them or are you going to migrate it offsite?

What happens to those parking spots?

Why should we fund two different agencies that aren't obviously communicating with each other on an issue of this importance?

And when you talk about the conscience protection that has been infringed in the last week, is it correct that that is directly a result of the ObamaCare legislation?

You know, the gentleman's been talking about the President's health care bill. I assume you don't mean President Reagan's health care bill, you don't mean President Bush's health care bill. You're talking about--because a lot of people at…

Call me skeptical. Could you address your use of the word "cause" in that article?

I suggest, Dr. Schnoor, that perhaps you should graph the incidence of asthma. It has gone up over 30 years.