"We commend Chairman Peterson, Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), and all Members of the Committee who have introduced H.R. 2409."
"We in the minority appreciate this hearing. This has been 7 hours well spent on a critically important topic, and thank you."
"So then under this present bill proposal, it is fair to say the folks back home will pay more to get less, so they can be hotter in the summer, colder in the winter, and stay real close to home?"
"What this ought to be is about the American people and making sure that all of our citizens have affordable electricity."
"So 'no' on the present bill draft and 'no' if the EPA is put in charge of an ag offset program?"
"I worry that they will not be able to compete with municipal sewer lagoons over who gets that allocation of methane."
"if you were a Member of Congress from Louisiana and you voted for the Waxman-Markey bill as it is now, could you go home?"
"This is a follow-up question I will ask everyone."
"the issue before us is the question of how do we address the current draft of this cap-and-trade legislation put forth by Chairman Waxman and Chairman Markey."
"AFBF has long been a proponent of renewable fuels and the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)."
"The challenges of climate change aren't going to go away."