If my home State of Texas has another exceptionally hot summer...

This common sense legislation is extremely relevant today.

I introduced H.R. 4273 with bipartisan support.

This legislation is bipartisan support because it simply ensures a common sense solution.

violating a 3-hour air quality standard may have averted a greater crisis here in our Nation's capital.

Now is not the time for unjustified new regulations that will raise the price of fuel even further.

my home State of Texas is still suffering a significant drought. The district I represent, Texas 22, went through the hottest August in history.

Thank you, Chairman Gibbs and Ranking Member Napolitano, for holding this hearing to examine the importance of the gulf RESTORE Act.

When considering the economic recovery needs of the gulf coast, a one-size-fits-all approach won't work.

This move would impose devastating, unjustified and burdensome regulations on farmers and ranchers already struggling in this economy.

I think the answer is the Constitution.