"But can you do that study as the Congress requested you to do?"
"One of the things we did in the Energy Policy Act was give you the ability to waive fuel standards under certain difficult situations."
"And if this budget request isn't met, you would still do the drinking water study?"
"We all can agree that cleaning up and protecting our environment are important goals. Yet this must be balanced among economic losses."
"This is the most recent example of the dangers of agency overreach."
"So the drinking water study would cost around $14 million?"
"I hope the EPA can stop and consider the multitude of rules coming out of the Agency that threaten the economic viability of our country's energy, manufacturing, and agricultural sectors."
"So it doesn't set any obstacle in the way of hydraulic fracturing anywhere it's going on, or did we have to have the drinking water study before certain things could be done?"
"FDA must be mindful that burdensome regulations can stifle innovation and lead to unnecessary expenses that limit small businesses' ability to create jobs."
"So it's paid for out of regular taxpayer dollars?"
"Let me ask a couple of questions about probably the issue that we've gotten the most questions about..."