Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I would have to rise in opposition to the amendment. I agree with many of the comments that were made in regard to everybody trying to be reasonable and work some things out on this, but one of the concerns that I have and the reason that the language is as it is in the bill, which says that it's 5 years unless there's an extension by the administrator, is that in the real world sense of things, many companies find it difficult to hit the target, and I would hate to see us losing jobs because we had 5 years and 1 month. Under this amendment if they needed 5 years and 1 month or 5 years and 6 months to comply, then they would not be in compliance, and it may very well cost jobs and cause a company to make a decision that they don't think they can make it. In real world examples, everything is not perfect, and I have discussed this several times, but one of the factories in my area of the Celanese company, they have to see what the regs look like, then they have to see if they can retool for using coal. That takes time to figure out whether they can retool their facility to meet the compliance. If they can't meet the compliance, then what about natural gas or some other fuel source? Well, guess what? They don't have a natural gas line coming into the community where they're located that would have enough natural gas in it for any industrial purpose.…”