John Sarbanes: “I understand this has not been discussed with the minority leader, this proposal for a vote, and I would therefore…”

I was unable to vote today. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 272, H.R. 1606; and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 273, H.R. 3672. personal explanation

Congress gave EPA this role more than 50 years ago under the Clean Air Act and reaffirmed that responsibility in 2005 under the Energy Policy Act.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding her time. I thank Chair Westerman and his staff for working with Congressman Mfume and the whole Maryland delegation over the last few months. It has been a pleasure. I appreciate very much the work to…

These are successes that are going to create new jobs. They are going to strengthen our domestic clean energy production.