With all due respect, that budget was pure fantasy. It did not garner a single vote in the House of Representatives on either the Republican or Democratic side.

I have to tell you, I was a little disturbed by your answer to Representative Blackburn's questions about sequestration.

You have to be preparing because, I mean, again, I didn't make up this AP report.

For the President to go run around talking about 'all of the above' energy policy and even on his campaign Web site to not even mention coal as an important energy sector is unbelievable to me.

I feel like EPA misled the American people on Utility MACT, and deliberately so.

we are serious about conducting meaningful oversight of federal agency budgets financed on the backs of hardworking American taxpayers.

it is imperative that we maintain stringent oversight of these dollars to ensure that this money is working for the public to protect both their physical and economic health.

This is the equivalent of taking the Fifth on this issue.

Did I hear you right when you said that?

So the answer is no, there are no contingency plans? We are not paying attention to current events surrounding our agency, and if the world comes crashing down around our ears on June 30th, so be it.

I will never get to all the questions I have. I am going to submit some in writing.