Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of my amendment to H.R. 3826. This amendment would make a clarification to the bill to make explicit that ``demonstration projects'' refer to projects that have received Federal Government funding or assistance. This responds to comments raised when the bill was marked up that the definition of ``demonstration project'' could be construed to sweep in any project receiving government support, including local tax assistance. This amendment helps clarify the bill and also highlights the provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 which apply to the EPA's proposed standards for new plants. The Energy Policy Act expressly prohibits EPA from considering technologies at Federally funded projects under DOE's Clean Coal Power Initiative to be adequately demonstrated. The purpose of this is to prevent the premature mandating of technologies that are commercially viable. EPA's determination that ``carbon capture and storage'' or CCS, technologies for new coal-fired power plants have been ``adequately demonstrated'' is not borne out in the real world. In the agency's proposed rule, the EPA cites four government-subsidized CCS power plant demonstration projects that are in various stages of planning development. First, Southern Company's Kemper County, Mississippi, project is still under construction, subject to delays and cost overruns.…”