If you are not spending those dollars to retrofit and retool your facility, you are probably using them some other way.

I am confident as of this morning that there were not 218 Republicans in support of the plan.

Let me be clear. You say there is going to be an increase in cost for energy.

As I have said many times before in this subcommittee, one reason explaining the stagnant jobs numbers is the administration's stubborn determination to issue multiple onerous regulations all at once.

You may not, but my guess is small business owners, my guess is manufacturers probably do.

These regulations have been collectively referred to as EPA's train wreck.

So the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency admits that the rule changes will result in higher electricity costs.

If you knew all the things government was going to require you to do, would you have started?

Moreover, America's reserves of coal, the source of half of all electrical power in the United States, are unsurpassed, accounting for over 28 percent of the world's total reserves.

It may come as a surprise to many Americans that the United States' combined energy resources are the largest on Earth, eclipsing Saudi Arabia, China, and Canada combined.

Counter to the claims of the President, coal and other fossil fuels are not, 'yesterday's energy.' They are central to our economy's productivity and a critical component of our Nation's competitive advantage.