David McKinley: “The enhanced 25-C tax incentive attracted consumers to energy-efficient products and saved jobs across the sector.”

With all due respect, Chairman Rush--and we have been friends for years--this hearing seems to be taking on an air of distraction from what Americans are really dealing with across this country.

I think what you are doing by your memo is you are only going to make it worse.

Unfortunately, instead of promoting innovation and supporting the chemical industry, as the Act intended, it seems like EPA is stifling innovation and creating barriers to commerce for new and existing materials.

But now it is five years later, and this committee, I think, apparently now, we are looking to see how it has been implemented.