Unfortunately, the facts have proved otherwise. Just the last 10 years, CO2 emissions in America have gone down by 20 percent.

shouldn't we be first--innovate first, do the research, then regulate?

Shale gas has given the Appalachian area a breath of fresh air, perhaps a chance finally to transform and revitalize a whole region of the country.

there are others. I know they're doing some--the ethane storage hub that we've been promoting here

As Dr. Yergin noted earlier in his testimony not only this time but previously, there is indeed an abundance of natural gas located in the Marcellus and Utica shale gases in West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, and it's estimated that…

continuing to overregulate fossil fuel in America will have virtually no effect on the global environment.

I would hope that we can also come to bipartisan agreement on how we address these toxic releases.

CFATS is important to me and to my district.

I am also--I am sorry that the other side of the aisle didn't show up today.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

The fury inside me right now is bubbling over with how we're going to address this problem.

I find it particularly offensive when we've had over 900 people a year dying in West Virginia because of lack of attention.

You weren't complying.

So under this legislation, will someone that is acquiring an energy company, energy transmission company, they will have to announce that they are going to do this?

The public, I think this has been a lot of a classic display of innuendo and McCarthyism.

I hope that we can stay on policy and talk about some of the progress that has been made because I think it has been good for the environment.

Why is it voluntary and why is it--why would we not make it mandatory that they have to first check the box that they have approached CFIUS for preliminary ruling before they proceed?

I think this has been a lot of a classic display of innuendo and McCarthyism that we are seeing too often here in Washington.

And I am hesitant because we went through our classified briefing and then I had another classified briefing on another situation that had to do with CFIUS.

That doesn't make it right but go ahead.

Over the past 8 years on this committee, we've heard a lot of comments in hearings about the--our aging coal and nuclear fleet.

I've got a power plant in Pleasants County, West Virginia. It's a 1,300 megawatt--1.3 gigawatts of power.

this scourge, this ravage in this country is being enabled because of Facebook.

Continuity of comprehensive health insurance makes the difference between life and death.

We also need to ensure that Americans on Medicaid or Medicare are not overprescribed opioids.