On the recordNovember 30, 2015
I am reminded that even this week our President is in Europe trying to advance his climate change agenda. I, too, was in Europe back in May, talking to some of our key friends and allies within the European Union. Surprisingly to some, we learned that some of our friends in Europe, in those countries, are actually going back to a higher mix of coal in their overall energy profile because their ratepayers, their manufacturers, their consumers, their small businesses, their residential customers have finally reached the tipping point where they are no longer willing to pay the exorbitant high prices for alternative sources of energy. Coal remains the most low-cost, affordable, reliable form of energy on the planet. It is essential that coal continue to be a part of our energy profile, along with oil and gas and nuclear and all of the energy capabilities that America has. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from the great State of Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelly), my friend and my neighbor.
