“We are making sure that working people will not be priced out of the game that they helped to create.”
“It extends to making it possible for every New Yorker to take part in the things that make us human.”
“I’m not personalizing it. I’m just pointing out somebody’s record.”
“America’s energy producers take hit after hit from climate extremists who target them with excessive lawsuits.”
“There is nothing that ICE says that you should believe, and anything they say you should doubt immediately.”

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On the recordJanuary 9, 2020
As the designee of the gentlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. Lawrence), I rise to offer an amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of section 2, add the following: (c) Public Availability.--Not later than 60 days after making a determination under subsection (b), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall make the results of such determination publicly available on the website of the Environmental Protection Agency. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 779, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Tonko) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New York.
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