I know what it is like to receive the edicts that come from Washington.

I have always stood in favor of clean air. I was an original co-sponsor of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments and Clear Skies, but this proposal, like many of the EPA's recent proposals, will have negligible environmental benefits.

in Oklahoma, we are doing it right too, because all 77 of our counties... are all in compliance now.

I want to thank you for the opportunity to come before this committee and introduce the CASE Act today.

I would ask unanimous consent that letters from two Democratic Governors, of Virginia and Kentucky, be made a part of the record.

I have always stood in favor of clean air--I was an original cosponsor of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments and Clear Skies--but this proposal, like many of the EPA's recent proposals, will have negligible environmental benefits, is based…

EPA's ozone proposal is the most expensive regulation in history with projected costs of $1.7 trillion and 1.4 million lost jobs.

I am afraid this may end up out of order. If we are going to pursue this further, it seems as though the forgotten continent has always been, in our experience, the African continent. So we are going to address equal trade with Africa, and…

None of the so-called progress that the President cited suggests that we are on a path to success.

Are you sending the right number and type of forces in Syria and Iraq to achieve your strategy? Have you accurately defined their mission and objectives?

The desired end-states in Iraq and Syria are for each to achieve a state of political stability free from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

What each of these growing threats has in common is a failure of deterrence, brought on by a dangerous perception of American weakness and lack of resolve.