I have never seen a time when someone in the jurisdiction of a Committee refused to testify.

One of the great things this President has done is all the CRAs, Congressional Review Acts, and I am proud that mine was the first one that had a signing ceremony.

They are there lining up to see who can get the most money out of the system.

China, right now, every 10 days comes out with a new coal fired energy plant.

First of all, I support all four of the bills. In fact, I am a co-sponsor of all four of the bills, including yours, Madam Chairman.

The issue reminds me of the EPA's mercury rule that the Supreme Court overturned in 2015 because the agency did not take the cost of the rule into account.

The EPA's language makes it possible for them to do so, don't you think?

They are all small. We don't have the giants; they are small businesses, family owned businesses, the kind we really encourage.

I know that concern is there.

We can actually use American technology to clean up the emissions and do so in a cost effective way and get a lot of partners involved and not only create jobs but tens of thousands of jobs.

The bottom line is, in looking at this, you have been very successful in accomplishing those things for the Texas CEQ.

Regulating carbon is a bureaucrat's dream. If you regulate carbon, you regulate life.