Ralph Hall: “I'm concerned that this plan entails spending we can't afford and taxes and regulations that would raise the cost of…”

I think certainly several examples such as--Dimock, Pennsylvania; Parker County, Texas; and Pavillion, Wyoming that the Chairperson alluded to where it appears that the agency is more interested in rushing judgment and placing information…

I support the bill's overall thrust. I support telling the President that we don't agree with him on crossing the State on the international boundary because of the influence that this amount of money and jobs would mean to all of us.

What has changed so dramatically in one year to allow the EPA to reach a different conclusion on the technical and economic feasibility of CCS?

We need to be aware of it and abreast of it and never forget it and looking at it every day, but we need to be reasonable about what we have to spend with no help from people that ought to be assisting us.