Political Quotes

“I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the committee print, add the following section: SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON USE OF SOCIAL COST OF CARBON IN ANALYSIS. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any executive order, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may not use the social cost of carbon in order to incorporate social benefits of reducing carbon dioxide emissions, or for any other reason, in any cost-benefit analysis relating to an energy-related rule that is estimated to cost more than $1 billion unless and until a Federal law is enacted authorizing such use. (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``social cost of carbon'' means the social cost of carbon as described in the technical support document entitled ``Technical Support Document: Technical Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866'', published by the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon, United States Government, in May 2013, or any successor or substantially related document, or any other estimate of the monetized damages associated with an incremental increase in carbon dioxide emissions in a given year. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 315, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Murphy) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.…”