Dennis Kucinich

I honor the chairman's service, and I know of his dedication to our country. What I'm pointing out is that I think it's time we have the discussion about the role that the CIA had in Libya, which was really no secret, and the fact that…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 7, after line 23, insert the following new subsection: (e) Manipulation of Oil Markets.--The President…

I am going to submit questions in writing so that Ms. Henry can become familiar with the questions that we are concerned about.

This bill proposes to wait another 6 years before we limit toxic mercury from some power plants as well as delaying limits on a host of other dangerous pollutants, is that not correct?

You have no knowledge whatsoever of any kind of discussion draft that relates to a bill by that name?

We would like you to provide that information to this committee.

Will those plants stay closed?

I want to thank the gentlelady for her indulgence. I am going to have to leave as soon as I am through with the questions.

Our own State of Ohio will gain as many as 76,240 jobs to build the capacity to implement the new regulations in the first 5 years.

Ohio's electric sector also has the dubious honor of ranking first in the amount of toxic air pollution emitted in 2009.

Mr. Kucinich. Well, why don't you obtain the information and get back to this subcommittee so that we can make an evaluation of their claim?

Mr. Kucinich. According to EPA's own regulatory impact analysis for the final Transport Rule, the agency's economic model suggests an average national price increase for energy is 0.16 percent.

Mr. Kucinich. American Electric Power claims the cost of complying with the regulations affecting power plants will result in an increase in electricity prices of 10 to 35 percent.

That $128 million--or billion ends up a payment that people make with their health. And in a sense, it is a transfer of wealth to the utilities. That is just not fair. It just isn't. And it is manifestly unjust. I find it morally offensive.

If you have environmental conditions that are aggravating human health, and the EPA is trying to mitigate those conditions with a rule, and those conditions are not resolved and the industry keeps building their profit margins while having…

Has EPA ever done a quantification of that in terms of the dollar cost to the economy then if people are sick? You know, it is expensive.

Sir, if this legislation became law, what impact would it have on EPA's ability to fulfill its mandate under the Clean Air Act and implement the air pollution rules covering pollution from power plants?

My concern with that is that the environmentalists, rather than EPA and the appropriate branches of government, are establishing our environmental policy.

Isn't there a disproportionate impact on communities near plants that emit mercury pollution?

Industry always claims the sky will fall if they have to minimize the health and environmental harms their business practices cause.

I think it is fair to say that the utility industry is hysterical with claims that the new EPA regulations are job killing.

One proposed rule on mercury and air toxics alone would be estimated to save as many as 17,000 lives every year.

It would be difficult to underestimate the urgency of shutting down coal power plants immediately.

Coal-burning emissions of sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides help fuel our Nation's asthma problem.

The protection of clean air and clean water, on which we depend every single day.