Lamar Smith

You can only justify a constitutional amendment if you ignore the intent of the Senator who introduced the 14th Amendment.

The combination of hydraulic fracturing and directional drilling, called 'fracking,' is arguably one of the most significant technological advancements in the history of the oil and gas industry.

Unfortunately, opponents of hydraulic fracturing make claims based on the possibility and not the probability of associated risk.

Safe domestic natural gas production has benefited the environment, the economy, and the hardworking families who now enjoy reduced energy costs.

You're kind of proving what I said about these answers.

It is amazing to me that the Administration actually thinks that changing this mission... is going to somehow attract the American people's attention.

I also disagree with the Administration's continued attempt to redistribute funding within NASA.

The Administration continues to starve NASA's exploration programs to fund a partisan environmental agenda.

I personally believe has the ability to continue that attention span of the American public.

Why isn't the Administration following its own experts' advice?

That is why I happen to think the Administration is starving NASA.

The President's request puts NASA in a tough position because it ignores his own sequestration levels and fails to identify offsets for increases of $500 million.

Congress has repeatedly rejected the president's extreme climate agenda.

we will certainly lose competitiveness, we will lose jobs, we will slow our growth. The Clean Power Plan is certainly not going to be helpful to the environment.

the Administration seeks to commit America to costly new requirements that won't improve the environment.

The majority of the members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate are opposed.

The president has promised the United Nations that the United States will cut its greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 28 percent over the next decade.

if other countries don't make the same level of commitment that we are making and we sort of unilaterally disarm our coal plants... aren't we paying a huge political price or a competitive price for kind of a political statement that says…

The President's pledge to the U.N. hinges on a questionable and unclear plan.

uncertainty is what is retarding investment, so we need transparency in our energy policy.

We will never reach the president's arbitrary targets, which would increase electricity costs.

the president's 'Power Plan' is nothing more than a power grab.

Why this continues to be touted by the Administration is pure politics.

Environmental laws can't trump the Constitution.

The president's far-reaching proposals and international promises will do lasting damage to our nation.