Bill Flores: “Without those plants I mean there is no school system, no police. You are exactly right. There is no community.”

The tragedy of today's hearing is that the majority of this Committee and the House of Representative has buried its head in the sand.

If these projects do not receive Federal attention, they may end up costing the Federal Government a substantial amount of funding in reconstruction and emergency response.

Again, I am offering this amendment on behalf of the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess). This amendment requires the Export-Import Bank to take into consideration energy affordability, in addition to environmental impact, before approving…

His Department of Ecology has a heavy hand on Eastern Washington, enforcing these unattainable water quality standards.