Jun 20, 2012
the average American looking at it is kind of subsidizing this foreign entity
Andy Harris
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Andy Harris is an American politician and physician serving as the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 1st congressional district since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he has focused on issues such as healthcare and fiscal policy during his tenure in Congress. Harris has been an outspoken critic of the Affordable Care Act, often advocating for its repeal and replacement with alternative healthcare solutions. He has also been involved in discussions surrounding budgetary matters and government spending.
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Jun 5, 2012
Should we really value the lives of older Americans less than younger Americans, as at least one of our witnesses apparently favors?
Jun 5, 2012
This amendment would prohibit the use of funds for many of the international projects in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--that's EERE--including the President's plan to spend $600,000 on ``sustainable cities'' projects…
Jun 5, 2012
I would be greatly disappointed if Administrator Sunstein refused to testify before this Subcommittee, especially in light of the fact that his predecessors have testified before the Science Committee and its Subcommittees nearly a dozen…
Jun 5, 2012
As far as you know, does the EPA--did they change the requirements for Dallas and Houston based on this scientific data?
Jun 5, 2012
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…
Jun 5, 2012
The Bush Administration recognized that and dropped the idea of a 'senior death discount' in economic cost-benefit analysis.
Jun 5, 2012
This Committee certainly should inquire into the cost-benefit analysis of environmental regulations.
Jun 5, 2012
As a matter of principle, regulatory benefits should justify their costs, and EPA's pursuit of this coal-killing regulation, despite its own admission that the rule has negligible benefits is mind boggling.
Jun 5, 2012
your decisions on the base load facility it will be "directly and negatively impacted by the new carbon pollution standard for power plants despite the Agency's claim that there is zero cost associated with the rule."
Jun 5, 2012
Instead, this hearing is one more forum for specific big industries to air their grievances about the EPA.
Jun 5, 2012
They might decide that Congress is really just more interested in pleasing special interests than in protecting the health of our mothers and fathers.
Jun 5, 2012
But putting a dollar value on lives, and valuing some lives more than others, raises profound moral questions.
May 31, 2012
I rise with my colleague from New Jersey to discuss the funding provided to the Department of Energy for unconventional fossil energy research and development. I first want to commend Mr. Frelinghuysen, the chairman of the subcommittee…
May 31, 2012
No, I will not yield. The unemployment rate in the First Congressional District of Maryland--lower shore of Maryland--is higher than the national average, and we don't have union workers. So if some bureaucrat in Washington, because of a…
May 31, 2012
This discussion is not about safety, and it's not about making projects safe or making them more efficient. This is about politics. This is about an Executive order the President put in place that takes jobs out of the First Congressional…
May 9, 2012
the President has touted the historical contributions of the Department of Energy's fossil energy research programs, while his annual budget request to Congress repeatedly calls for elimination of the very same program.
May 9, 2012
the President's Interior Department effectively reduced lands available for oil shale development by 75 percent, putting over 1.5 million acres off limits.
May 9, 2012
I believe we can make far better investments with public funds by increasing energy efficiency and expanding our use of renewable energy.
May 9, 2012
We should not sacrifice sustainable communities and livelihoods in an attempt to mimic Earth's geologic process of converting rock into oil.
May 9, 2012
the President's campaign Website includes an 'all of the above' energy page that neglects to even acknowledge the fuel providing 45 percent of the United States' electricity: coal.
May 9, 2012
I am interested in examining the impact of the Administration's anti-fossil fuel policies.
May 8, 2012
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 13, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $542,000)''. Page 13, line 14, after the…
May 8, 2012
First I want to congratulate the committee for doing its work to help curb the rise in government spending. I rise to offer an amendment to provide level funding for NOAA's Climate Portal program, rather than the increase in the funding…
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