I want to associate myself with most of what Chairman Dingell said.

coal ash waste does have beneficial uses

I am going to be very interested in your comments on the PREDICT model.

We have a hearing upstairs where apparently everybody at EPA is on vacation.

This is an important issue. It is not on the front pages right now, which is a good thing.

I thank the distinguished subcommittee chairman. Madam Speaker, when I came to Congress in 1985, there was no such thing as a cell phone. I remember my first mobile phone was a box phone. It cost about two bucks a minute to use, as I…

I thank the distinguished chairman. I rise in strong support of this bill. I would like to make a few comments. First of all, the bill before us doesn't change one sentence or one paragraph in the Clean Air Act. It doesn't change anything…

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…

I thank the distinguished chairman for the time. Well, let me say something positive about my good friend from Houston, Texas's amendment before I say something negative. If it were to pass, it would at least force the EPA to do a real…

Madam Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.

I rise in opposition to my good friend from Texas, Mr. Cuellar's amendment. It may be well intentioned, but it is poorly drafted. He may not have intended it, but if we were to accept it, by allowing the EPA to regulate anything under…