"The consequences of failing to prevent global warming could be severe."
"Empirical data repeatedly and consistently suggests that the benefits of Federal regulations outweigh the costs by considerable margins."
"In aggregate, OMB says this regulation will produce $12.4 billion in benefits for consumers for only $3.7 billion in costs, a 4 to 1 ratio."
"The cruelty and political toxicity of Chairman Ryan's proposed privatization of Medicare has received a great deal of attention in the press, but the evisceration of Medicaid would have a similar nega..."
"Ultimately, slashing Medicaid is a shell game in which the House majority would shift costs to the States and localities and the families of America."
"I mentioned in my opening statement that in the partisan budget that passed the House here a few months ago, it slashes Medicaid funding 35 to 49 percent."
"Now, that same budget also, in many respects, eviscerated the ability of EPA to continue to regulate under the Clean Air Act."
"Obviously, if we don't address that inadequacy, all it does is shift the cost of cleanup when an oil spill occurs, such as did at Deepwater Horizon, onto the public, is that not correct?"
"When only Members of one party vote for it and not a single Member of the other party vote for it, I don't know that is a normative statement; I think it is just a factual statement, it is a partisan ..."
"But you might agree that if a subsequent administration finds that, deliberately or inadvertently, there is in fact, by the issuance of a permit, the circumvention of existing statutory framework with..."
"But presumably, again, we use that word externalities, but, I mean, the value of a human life, the prevention of the loss of it has to factor in to the decision about whether or not A, to enforce regu..."
"I just wanted to ask one followup to your line of questioning."