The best (and worst) quotes from the silly House climate hearing
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We wont bore you with all the details. Instead, here are some of our favorite quotes from the hearing:
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz: Common sense demands that we take action. As a policy issue, prudence suggests that we should take out an insurance policy, just like any family does on their home or automobile.
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy: We are not doing anything at the EPA and in the climate plan that goes outside the boundaries of what Congress has said is our mission and our authority.
Can the EPA alone solve the problem of climate change? No, we cannot. We are working within our authority to do what we can.
Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Texas): The presidents global warming agenda being implemented through the EPA has been holding back the economy, which continues to struggle. [EPA rules will] have devastating effects on our communities and most importantly, the consumers who pay their electricity bills every month.