my interest is piqued because every single time we have had an air pollution hearing, we have been promised that asthma incidence would go down, and I am a physician.

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…

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?

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

the arrogance of some of the science within or in policymaking I know better what is best for the country.

Unfortunately, the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act, or ERDDAA, which is the statute authorizing R&D at EPA as well as the Science Advisory Board, was last reauthorized for fiscal year 1981.

Gentlemen, I appreciate the very passionate discussion that you had about the way physicians interact with patients, and patients kind of expect that their care is going to be a personal decision between their health care provider and…

We need to ensure that our regulatory processes are based on sound science.

The Environmental Research, Development and Demonstration Authorization Act... was last reauthorized for fiscal year 1981.

This illustrates the power of EPA's 'press release science' to drive public opinion and even critical decisions by policymakers.

In a remarkable display of arrogance and disregard for the plain facts, the President last week proclaimed his support for expanded shale gas production...

Time and again we have demonstrated that this Agency is substituting outcome-driven science for rigorous objective science.

As far as I can see, EPA never managed to get farther than the first step.

Thank you very much, Mr. Floor Leader, for yielding the time. The last time the Senators passed a major bill over just before Christmas, it was 2009. It was the ObamaCare bill. That last Congress, the 111th Congress, decided not to go to…

Americans who are watching are probably going to have a deja vu. Last time they watched Congress in action on a contentious bill near the Christmas holiday was in 2009 when the Senate had plenty of time to come into town and pass the…

I would ask that America go to House.gov and look at the vote last week. Which party rejected a 1-year-long middle class tax cut and which party was in the majority to move that tax cut? The minority doesn't want a 1-year tax cut. They…

Do you really believe that this is going to make a profit?

I believe Representative Hultgren's Energy Critical Elements Advancement Act sets forth the appropriate structure and direction to this end.

this is not an issue. It is not something to worry about.

The purpose of this hearing is to examine the importance of and issues surrounding Energy Critical Elements.

China currently produces 97% of the global supply of rare earths.

I want to welcome everyone to this afternoon's hearing on Fostering Quality Science at EPA: The Need for Common Sense Reform.

Quality science is an essential requirement in creating these regulations.

Don't breathe the air. It might kill you.

It is appropriate and necessary for Congress to evaluate the effectiveness of the EPA in fulfilling all these roles.