Political Quotes

“I want to preface my remarks by two things: number one, not all regulations are good. It's a fair and appropriate question to examine whether regulations are useful or harmful. But second, not all regulations are bad. They can be useful, particularly in the area of energy efficiency. Now, Mr. Chairman, we're having a very contentious debate about energy policy, but we've found one area where there is common agreement, and that's less is more. Any time, whatever your fuel choice is--whether it's coal, nuclear, oil, solar, wind--using less means you save money. That's a good thing. Regulations can play a very constructive role in helping those of us who participate in the economy as individuals and as businesses to save money. My amendment would exempt from this overbroad bill rules that would prohibit energy efficiency-saving regulations. Let me give a very good example of something that would happen detrimental to the economy if this bill is not amended. Fuel standards were established in November. They have not yet gone into effect and would be prohibited from going into effect. The fuel economy standards for model years 2017 to 2025 will carry our vehicle fleet to an average fuel economy of 54.5 miles per gallon. The consumers support this and, my friends, the industry supports this. The car industry supports this.…”