Lamar Smith: “I thank the gentleman from West Virginia for yielding me time. I share my colleague's desire to bring more congressional…”

“I thank the gentleman from West Virginia for yielding me time. I share my colleague's desire to bring more congressional scrutiny to major regulations and appreciate his interest in the subject. I know that recent major regulations have hit West Virginia and the gentleman's constituents particularly hard. The Environmental Protection Agency's major regulations that affect energy sources and power production are among the most troubling. I look forward to continued discussions with the gentleman on these and other issues of interest to him. Mr. McKINLEY. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate your willingness to work with me on these issues. Since Congress deserves to have more specific numbers that have not been available from GAO and the CBO relative to lowering this threshold from $100 million to $50 million, I ask unanimous consent, for now, to withdraw my amendment, Mr. Chairman. The CHAIR. Without objection, the amendment is withdrawn. There was no objection. Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mrs. McCarthy of New York The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 5 printed in part B of House Report 112-311. Mrs. McCARTHY of New York. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 45, line 22, strike the quotation marks and second period. Page 45, insert the following after line 22: ``Sec. 808.…”