The RFS is an egregious perversion of the free market.

It's time for Congress to fix the problems caused by this outdated and ill-conceived law and pass legislation to repeal the RFS.

if terrorists or rogue nations wanted to take control of the corn market, we would defend the corn market as well.

Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, eight years after the current RFS was expanded by Congress... these promises have yet to materialize.

The RFS is an example of the federal government picking winners and losers by forcing the use of renewables in transportation fuels.

American consumers are stuck with higher prices across the economy.

The RFS mandate is unworkable even with EPA's dubious assertion that E15 can safely be used in select vehicles.

The Renewable Fuel Standard is damaging to the environment, which was new to me, by the way, in this hearing and it actually increases carbon emissions.

The federal government's RFS mandate has led to multiple negative consequences, propelled by willful disregard for consumer preferences.

I thank the gentlewoman from Missouri (Mrs. Hartzler) for all her hard work on these issues. Just as a point of maybe disagreement, I am no longer in the Navy Reserve. I joined the Oklahoma National Guard, and I will be flying with the…

the cost is paid entirely by real people. We all pay the cost in the form of higher prices, smaller retirement accounts, and lower levels of economic growth.

This hearing is critical because Congress has the obligation to ensure the EPA adheres to the intent of the Clean Air Act.

A good economy and good environment, good public health are not mutually exclusive.

I think if the Congress understood at the time that you would face a circumstance like we do today, that after having reduced air pollution by over 80 percent in our region...that you would still face a major gap that would dictate a…

Astonishingly, EPA's analysis shows mortality increasing in certain cities, including Detroit and Houston, when decreasing the ozone standard from 75 parts per billion to 70 parts per billion.

the new ozone standard will effectively ban new industrial development in many parts of the country.

I can tell you for my State of Oklahoma, local officials are very opposed to it.

What I'm hoping to do, though, is to give you a preview of what might seem to be coming to your neighborhood with the new standard that EPA just published

It is concerning that the EPA is proposing to tighten the standard, especially since the existing standard... has yet to be fully implemented.

I think we have a great opportunity to promote even cleaner technologies and to create a cleaner environment for the people of the Central Valley and most especially for the children.

So it's really difficult if not impossible to prove a counterfactual, which means if the economy in Texas is growing, there's a whole host of reasons that could be, and more regulations does not grow the economy in Texas, same in…

This hearing comes at a critical time as we must carefully review the science, impact, and achievability of this final regulation.

I just want to make sure that we're going forward and actually accomplishing what we're setting out to do.

What I'd like to share, I heard Mr. Beyer earlier talk about the C.R. and shutdown and want to know the impact on NASA exploration and all that's critically important.

under a Continuing Resolution, NASA exploration actually gets more funding than if we went forward with the President's budget request.