"I don't think we are arguing that, and we are doing--we are good stewards of the land behind us, but we don't need this rule. It's undue cost and undue harm to States and manufacturers around."
"I mean, you are here today to talk about your budget, and I am concerned that the EPA is using taxpayer dollars to send employees to other countries to help them with a non-binding agreement that was ..."
"Do you think it is appropriate to send individuals from the EPA that are being paid by taxpayer dollars from the United States to help countries meet a non-binding agreement?"
"What we are doing is you are allowing agencies to... set policy for the DOE and when DOE becomes a source of agenda-driven issues rather than really focusing on making sure that we have reliable and e..."
"And when we start looking at only one factor, such as green renewables, which is an agenda-driven policy, and we take a look away from what has driven this economy and our energy resilience, I have an..."
"What we are trying to do here, ma'am, is we want to make sure that the tax dollars are being used for their intended purpose."
"if it is going to continue the way that it is going, then there is no way I am going to be able to support reauthorization."
"If we want states to invest in behavioral health, we should provide an enhanced federal matching rate to prioritize these investments."
"this is about taxpayer dollars, and what has been going on with it, and if they are being misused."
"Well, the law didn't contemplate a lot of things. I mean, it didn't anticipate a lot of this."
"Watching isn't actually engaging. We are going to speed this process up of the amount of electricity hitting our grid going backwards at a very alarming rate."
"But at the same time what is the point of more regulations if you can't enforce it."