Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I am not trying to disrespect the sponsor of the resolution. He is on our committee. He is from the great State of Texas. What I hear is that he said: ``The evidence is clear.'' The evidence is not clear that these standards for commercial refrigerators are actually worse or a burden on small businesses. He hasn't cited anything that says that. He says that we should have change. That is what we voted for in November but not change that is going to hurt people or that is actually going to cost them more money. The bottom line is and the way this works is that the Department of Energy, under the existing law, is required to look at appliances and see whether or not they can be made more efficient and more cost- effective. That is what they did. They found that these standards were more efficient and cost-effective. Mr. Speaker, I haven't heard from the other side or any experts they cite to, other than their own opinion, to say the experts at the Department of Energy made a mistake. The experts at DOE who established these energy conservation standards were not politicians. DOE's process involves extensive stakeholder engagement, working with manufacturers and advocates to establish standards that are economically feasible, economically justifiable, and result in significant energy savings. This is a highly technical process.…”