Political Quotes

“I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Texas will be postponed. Amendment No. 9 Offered by Mr. McKinley The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 9 printed in House Report 112-680. Mr. McKINLEY. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 75, line 8, before the closing quotation marks insert the following: ``(3) Following the date of issuance of a permit by the Secretary in accordance with this section, the Administrator may not take any action under paragraph (1) to retroactively invalidate the permit. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 788, the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. McKinley) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from West Virginia. {time} 0930 Mr. McKINLEY. Mr. Chairman, this amendment will prohibit the EPA from retroactively invalidating permits after they have been issued. On January 13, 2011, the EPA took unprecedented action by retroactively revoking a lawfully issued section 404 permit for the Spruce No. 1 surface mine in Logan County, West Virginia.…”