Unless we want to start making buildings and homes out of sticks and straw, we had better figure this out because these companies cannot continue to stand up under this duress.

But would the EPA consider reproposing this rule, given the concerns that have been raised about the likely unworkability of the proposal?

Since 2011 you have been operating under sequestration and each one of you have talked about how this has eroded your ability to ensure the continued superiority of the United States military.

There can be no greater honor for me as a Congressman than to serve on the House Armed Services Committee.

The BRICK Act would simply allow for the consideration and completion of any judicial review regarding the EPA's 2015 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the brick, clay, and tile industries before requiring…

I think part of what makes it so successful is that we have a public-private partnership in that Phase IIB.

I think one of the ways that it helps is that investors are constantly looking for ways that they can get more money for their investment.

I think the program is time-intensive. It does require significant effort on the part of our program officers.

By hiring veterans you are hiring highly skilled, highly motivated, trained professionals, some of the best workers that our Nation has to offer.

We as a Nation have a responsibility to assist our veterans in transitioning back into the workforce.

I am grateful, extremely grateful, to the men and woman who have served our country and still serve today.

I strongly believe that veterans are the segment of our society that most deserve our gratitude and assistance.

These low-impact, renewable, and clean energy resources are important.

I serve an area of the nation that struggles with network access and availability, rural Appalachia.

Given that so many projects miss the 2-year and 4-year statutory deadlines, perhaps it makes sense to update the Federal Power Act.

We certainly need to work that because, with the plethora of Federal regulations and environmental studies, it has lengthened out these project timelines.

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…

I associate myself with the comments of my colleague from Illinois (Mr. Rodney Davis). This is a devastating rule. By its own estimation, the administration has said this is going to kill 7,000 jobs. We know that it is far more than that…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate all the hard work that has been done on this. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.

And based on that direction, under the weight of law, that would essentially mean, at a minimum, the comment period for those States of primacy that request meetings would have to be reopened. Is that your interpretation?

I thank the chairman, and I couldn't agree with my chairman more on his comments. I rise today in strong support of S.J. Res. 24, a joint resolution disapproving of the EPA's regulations targeting existing power plants. If the…

I thank the gentleman. Our whip comes from a State that has a very rich heritage, a rich legacy of energy production, both onshore and offshore. And so you have lived it. The people that you represent live it every day. I thank you for…

I thank the gentleman for his comments and for his passion. We have been fighting this Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Stream Protection Rule for almost 5 years now--actually, longer than that--because we know what happened when…

I thank the gentleman. I now yield to another colleague and neighbor from the great State of West Virginia, Representative Alex Mooney.

I thank the gentleman for his passion--as others have shared--on this very, very important issue. You and I live in a region of the country where we have to look into the eyes of those coal miners every single day. Oftentimes, the media…