Ted Poe: “The President this week declared he's going to unilaterally stop climate change. That's right, he's going to part the…”

“The President this week declared he's going to unilaterally stop climate change. That's right, he's going to part the oceans and change the temperature to his liking. How's he going to do this? Well, he's declaring war on fossil fuels--again. This week it's coal. Mr. Speaker, coal counts for 37 percent of our Nation's electricity. How does the President plan to make up for that 37 percent? Well, the ruler doesn't really say. I guess that 37 percent will just have to do without heat come winter. In his radical climate change manifesto, to a room packed full of his environmental lobby, the President issued a edict to the EPA to regulate coal out of existence. Both Congress and the American people have overwhelmingly rejected this policy in the past. Never mind the will of the people, never mind Congress has said ``no'' to these ideas. The President is pandering to the environmental groups, and he wants it his way. So he's just going to issue another one of those--what I believe is unconstitutional-- executive orders. Mr. Speaker, there are consequences for such rash actions by the President. The White House war on coal will raise the cost of energy for American families, cripple the economy, and destroy hundreds of thousands of jobs of people who work in the energy industry. The war on coal is really a war on the American people. Mr. Speaker, maybe the President is not aware that the coal plant over here on South Capitol Street heats part of the Capitol.…”