Frank Pallone actually said...

"This bill would give Governors the option to opt out of a Federal plan which EPA must implement if a State fails to act."

"It is a fact, is it not, that the United States emits more carbon pollution than any other nation except China, and existing power plants are the country's largest single source of carbon pollution?"

"And let me remind my colleagues that the Clean Air Act was enacted by an overwhelming bipartisan majority, was signed into law by President Nixon, and it stands as one of the most successful public he..."

"Today's hearing on a bill to gut the President's Clean Power Plan is misguided and unfortunate."