Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of this rule and in strong support of the underlying bill. I have been a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee for 26, now 27 years. I'm a past chairman. I'm a past subcommittee chairman. I currently have the title of chairman emeritus. I participated under former Chairman John Dingell, former Chairman Billy Tauzin, former Chairman Tom Bliley, former Chairman Henry Waxman and now current Chairman Fred Upton, dozens of hearings on the Clean Air Act, markups, amendments, dozens of hearings on climate change, global warming and all of those issues. The bill before us, if the rule passes, does not change the Clean Air Act. It does not gut the Clean Air Act. It does not in any way prevent enforcement of the criteria pollutants that are regulated by the Clean Air Act. It simply says that greenhouse gases are not to be regulated under the Clean Air Act. And the reason it says that is that greenhouse gases are different than the criteria pollutants that are regulated under the Clean Air Act. First of all, greenhouse gases by definition are necessary for life. As I stand here, Madam Speaker, and speak, I am creating, as I breathe in and out through the respiratory process, CO<INF>2</INF>. So under the dictates of today's EPA, I am a mobile source polluter, because I am breathing. I am creating CO<INF>2</INF>. CO<INF>2</INF>, carbon dioxide, is necessary for life. Greenhouse gases are necessary to protect the environment.…”