What are some of those other potential uses that could be more important than actually dredging a harbor to accommodate these new ships?

So then, you don't--the administration really doesn't think it is a priority to go down to those depths or those widths?

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.

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 created from the replacement of coal. Three . . . transmission grid stability is likely to emerge as a major issue, both because of the shutdowns and because of the intermittency of renewables.

I have called for EPA to simply scrap the rule and start all over.

Out of that $1-1/5 billion that hasn't been allotted. Is that an accurate representation of the timeline of things?

Thank you, and I thank the panel for the testimony. Reminding Members Committee rules limit questioning to five minutes.

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.

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 health.

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.