"Workers from coal communities will be, quote, 'put to work making solar panels.'"
"So, Mr. Chairman, remember, your party controls the House, the Senate, and the White House. You can do almost anything want, but don't forget that 'just because you can, doesn't mean you should.'"
"President Biden wants workers to have alternatives."
"Efforts to transform our energy sector should be mindful of the failures of past regulatory overreach and an inability to pivot to renewables."
"Just because you can doesn't mean you should."
"Based on these experiences, neither a President nor a Congress should ever put a regulation in place before a bipartisan transition plan has been adopted."
"Mr. Chairman, these new Executive orders will increase the divide between big cities and rural areas, not foster unity."
"So hopefully our panelists today won't insult us by saying that rejoining the Paris Agreement will solve America's environmental dilemma."
"What happens to Gillette, Wyoming; Hazard, Kentucky; Cadiz or Welch? What happens to those in the meantime?"
"Don't forget that, when Joe Biden was a candidate, he said that Executive orders could become an abuse of Presidential Power."
"But if members of this committee naively think that other nations are waiting for America to lead, they're wrong."