By the way, of the billions of dollars our government spends, we are borrowing 20 percent of it from our children...

If we're going to have these programs, we need to fund them, and it's pretty simple.

I applaud Oklahoma's efforts to fight against the EPA and its activist, overbearing regulatory agenda.

I am confident American industry will continue this record of innovation and job creation as the Clean Power Plan is implemented.

The Clean Power Plan sends a strong and much needed signal to the rest of the world about the seriousness of the United States in addressing climate change.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

But the bottom line is that the costs of inaction are even greater.

I recognize that implementing the Clean Power Plan will not be easy, and that there are real costs associated with transitioning to a low carbon economy.

Under the final Clean Power Plan, will states like Oklahoma and Texas get any credit for renewable energy sources that have already been implemented in their states?

Lifting these bans makes no sense. Iran's words and actions clearly show its desire, in spite of the deal, to build longer-range and more sophisticated ballistic missiles.

I am deeply troubled by the Obama administration's last-minute concessions to Iran on lifting the conventional weapons and missile embargoes.

The EPA triggered a spill that has done damage to the Navajo Nation.

Can my friend, Steve Pearce from New Mexico, go home and tell his constituents that the drinking water is safe?

This seems like a clear conflict of interest.

Is that a problem for this issue? Are we going to have more issues like this where we have unexpected costs that creep up?

I believe the correct word for our current satellite architecture could be 'fragile.'

I am also now encouraged by the Senate's interest in weather legislation and look forward to incorporating their ideas into our bill.

It is time for us to bring our weather forecasting systems into the 21st century.

This bill greatly improves our severe-weather forecasting capabilities.

We must do everything we can to save lives and protect property from severe weather events.

This pilot program was included in H.R. 1561, the Lucas-Bridenstine Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2015, which passed the House of Representatives unanimously.

I think NASA's next focus is some kind of habitation capability potentially in the vicinity of the moon.

We have heard testimony before this Committee that your agency's proposed ozone NAAQS rule will be the most expensive regulation in American history.

Did you get any legal analysis before using Thunderclap and pressuring your employees to use Thunderclap?

they're being bullied. This is federal bullying and this is exactly what my constituents in the State of Oklahoma are absolutely--they are abhorred by this kind of federal bullying