George Voinovich

It does not take an economist to realize our course is not sustainable.

Since 2006, I have introduced the Save America's Future Economy Commission Act, the SAFE Act, to reform Social Security, Medicare, our Tax Code.

The Federal Government is the worst credit card abuser in the world, and we are putting everything on the tab of our children and grandchildren.

If we are going to intelligently deal with this issue, we need to have the modeling by the Environmental Protection Agency.

The fact of the matter is that I have a hold on an individual at the Environmental Protection Agency because we never have received a full analysis of Waxman-Markey.

NOx, SOx, mercury, the best in the world, and they won't let them come in.

Mr. Rowe said to me that if you let the market control the situation, that we will shift to natural gas to produce the energy that we need for this country.

We want a complete analysis of this legislation.

People just don't understand that environmental policy has a real impact on jobs.

Mr. Trisko, you and Mr. Hawkins are sitting next to each other. Have you ever talked to Mr. Hawkins about the number of coal fired plants that the NRDC and the Sierra Club have fought and closed down in many States throughout the United…

And the lobbying by the Sierra Club and others that don't want fossil fuel.

The technology available for CCS is not around the corner.

The Sierra Club brags about the number of plants, coal plants they have closed.

I was interested in hearing, Mr. Winger, your testimony and then Mr. Carey's testimony.

I think that we need a sense of bi-partisanship in this committee, and I don't think we have it.

We don't know if the bill will have an appreciable impact on climate change.

This may be the single most significant piece of legislation that has come before the committee, touching every sector of the economy.

Serious problems deserve serious solutions. This bill lacks analytical support and open dialogue.

I introduced a bill with Senator Dorgan called the National Energy Security Act.

The problem, as I see it big picture-wise, is we do not have the technology in many of these areas.

If we concentrated on the incentive part of this, would we not be far better off than to create a gigantic new process?

The concept of the bill is that we charge for allowances, that raises money, and there is more money for incentives.

We also need to deal with allowances and whether they are going to be paid for or not paid for.

What we are really going to need, Madam Chairman, is an international agreement that would deal with those countries that fail to comply with the new standards.

The job losses also will stem from the bill's onerous mandates and requirements.