Political Quotes

“I thank the chairman for those kind words. Mr. Chairman, this is an extremely important topic, and I couldn't agree more with what the gentleman has just said. This is largely an overreach by a Federal agency stepping all over the rights of the States to regulate their own use of their natural resources. So, for that reason, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 1644, the STREAM Act, legislation that requires OSM to extend its new stream buffer rule while the National Academy of Sciences studies how current OSM rules affect the industry. Mr. Chairman, OSM's rule will cost jobs, increase electricity prices, and jeopardize grid reliability, along with usurping states' rights. Stop and think about it for a second. Shouldn't Federal agencies understand what that all means before enacting a rule like this? The Supreme Court certainly does. The Supreme Court has already told the EPA, for example, in one instance: You have got to consider the economic impacts of the rulemaking that you are doing. According to recent studies, OSM's proposed rule will have several very negative impacts. Let's talk about how it is going to cost jobs. As many as 80,000 people could lose their jobs. Now, OSM said it is only 7,000, but a recent study says that it could be upwards of 80,000 people. OSM denies this job loss because they say these jobs will be replaced by jobs created to comply with the rule.…”