Political Quotes

“Thank goodness, ladies and gentlemen, we don't have to check our common sense at the door and rely on the EPA to be the pinnacle of common sense and reason in this body. We are asked what sources do we have, and you heard the gentleman from Kentucky name off sources; but it only takes common sense to understand that when you represent a district like mine, where many of the communities are separated by rivers and mountains, that to comply with the current EPA rules on boilers, which would require many changes and may require new gas pipelines to go to existing job sites, that you cannot accomplish that in 3 years. And if you cannot accomplish it under the current rules in 3 years, you need a bill like H.R. 2250 to make sure that you have time to be able to get the easements necessary, perhaps even through condemnation process and lawsuits, to bring in that natural gas pipeline so that your factory can stay open. And if you can't do it in 3 years and the law says you have to do it in 3 years, with the possible extension of 1, and you're looking at the opportunity to keep jobs here or not be able to comply, face big fines or move that factory to a country that wants your jobs instead of what the EPA in this country appears to want, which is our jobs to go overseas, then common sense tells you that there's no way that these strict Boiler MACT rules with a 3-year implementation time will create 2,200 net jobs. It doesn't take geniuses to figure that out.…”