Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 1 minute. Mr. Speaker, we have heard a couple of times today that the bill prevents the EPA from using the best available science. I hope that Members who are listening to this debate, and others, will take the time to actually look at the language of the bill. Here is the exact language, page 2, line 13. The first requirement of the bill is that the EPA ``use the best available science.'' I don't know what more we can do and how better we can spell it out. The bill is only a little over three pages long. I really do recommend that the folks who oppose it read the bill itself and actually look at the language and the usual understanding and definition of the words, and I hope they will be satisfied. We have also heard that the scientific community opposes the bill, but let me quote from a couple of Obama administration officials. Dr. John Holdren, the President's science adviser, said that: ``Absolutely, the data on which regulatory decisions are based should be made available to the committee and should be made public.'' The same was said by the chair of the EPA's Science Advisory Board. This is the EPA's Science Advisory Board. They testified before the committee that literature and data used by the EPA be made available to the public. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Marshall), who is the vice chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee.”