If we are going to be going after a balanced energy policy, this will have great impacts on my state.

I think that is a good response, and, certainly, as I said, for the man on the street and the woman on the street, that is extremely important.

So make the decisions based on a risk-based decision, which makes a lot of sense when you consider what could happen if some of these failures would occur not only in commerce, but loss of life, property, and all those other things.

It is important that we exercise our constitutional authority to make sure that the projects... are followed through.

finalizing this rule would result in an annual loss in coal production valued at $14 billion to $20 billion and losses in Federal and State revenues of $4 billion to $5 billion a year.

I would again like to say that over the years, since 1977, there have been improvements of this rule that have resulted in cleaner water in and around the area that I live.

I am proud to have more than 30 cosponsors.

I think it is actually very important that Congress act first and say to the world, let's be clear, we will not appropriate that kind of money.

I do believe innovation, but I do believe that when we talk about the human price and the human consequences of what is going on in terms of climate change, you have to look about what is going on in States like mine right now.

I hope this Congress, I hope this Senate will act with caution.

Whatever is agreed to by the people representing the United States of America in Paris should come back to this Congress for debate.