The best (and worst) quotes from the silly House climate hearing

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We won’t 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 president’s 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.”