Lamar Smith

Do you feel that San Francisco and other sanctuary cities are violating current Federal law?

I think it's 92 percent contrary to the President's pledge to the American people.

We must do everything we can to save lives and protect property from severe weather events.

This year we already have seen the devastating effects of tornados across our country, especially in Texas and Oklahoma.

It is time for us to bring our weather forecasting systems into the 21st century.

I don't believe needed to be released.

We should not release people for lack of space or budgetary concerns.

This rule represents massive costs without significant benefits. In other words, it's all pain and no gain.

At the same time, it's going to increase the cost of electricity. That's going to hurt the lowest-income Americans the most.

President Obama's own Science Advisor, John Holdren, testified before the Committee and said absolutely the data on which regulatory decisions and other decisions are based should be made available to the Committee and should be made…

But if you're looking at the results, the results can't justify the cost and the burden that you're imposing on the American people, in my judgment.

The EPA must consider the costs of its decisions and weigh those costs against any potential benefits.

This plan is nothing more than a 'Power Grab' to give the government more control over Americans' daily lives.

I wish the EPA would follow--you know, the Ranking Member said you have nothing to hide and yet it looks to me like you're hiding a lot from the American people, and maybe we just have to disagree on that.

These regulations stifle economic growth, destroy American jobs, and increase energy prices.

EPA has a responsibility to be open and transparent with the people it serves and whose money it spends.

If you're not willing to give me a date by which you're in good faith going to try to give us the documents, then I can't believe that the EPA is acting in good faith.

Can you give me a date when you will produce the documents that we've asked for?

I thank the chairman for his comments. I very much appreciate his support. I reserve the balance of my time. Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Chairman, I claim time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Minnesota is recognized for 5…

National defense in our digital age no longer just means protecting ourselves against enemies who attack with traditional weapons.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: environmental programs and management Sec. __. Of the…

This amendment reflects the core principles of two bills passed by the House earlier this year with bipartisan support. They are H.R. 1029, the EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act, and H.R. 1030, the Secret Science Reform Act. I am…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

I offer this amendment together with my colleagues and fellow committee chairmen, Mr. Conaway from Texas and Mr. Chaffetz from Utah. The amendment addresses the Environmental Protection Agency's continuing pattern of obstruction and delay…

It is critical that we prevent further attacks on America's cyber systems.