"Number one, electric rates are going to go up. Number two, whether or not construction jobs in the green industry are created, I think there are virtually no manufacturing jobs that are likely to be c..."
"On the campaign trail in 2008, President Obama said openly and clearly that his regulatory regime would bankrupt coal companies and necessarily cause electricity prices to skyrocket."
"Thank you, and I thank the panel for the testimony. Reminding Members Committee rules limit questioning to five minutes."
"So the Stimulus Bill passed a year and a half ago, which was supposed to provide immediate jobs obviously at least $1-1/2 billion of that is sitting around, something that you are waiting to spend."
"Out of that $1-1/5 billion that hasn't been allotted. Is that an accurate representation of the timeline of things?"
"I have called for EPA to simply scrap the rule and start all over."
"This is not quality science; this is press-release science in which public relations is considered more important than an honest, transparent, scientific discussion of environmental outcomes and human..."
"I am pleased that the House of Representatives has begun pushing back against this job-killing regulatory agenda through legislation like the recently passed TRAIN Act."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman."
"What happens when a fisherman retires, and when they decide that they don't want to do it anymore?"
"So what is the rush to create a program that is so hard to reverse?"
"the only investing going on now are foreign governments, including China, investing our bonds because we are running a $1.5 trillion deficit."