Senate Proceeding on Sep 24th, 2009 :: 3:57:20 to 4:01:30
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3:57:06 to 3:57:26( Edit History Discussion )

Lisa Murkowski: i would ask unanimous consent that administrator lisa jackson's letter also be included at the termination of my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mrs. feinstein: and i thank the president, and floor. ms. murkowski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. ms. murkowski: mr. president, under the unanimous consent agreement, i apparently had 30 minutes.

3:57:20 to 4:01:30( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Lisa Murkowski

3:57:27 to 3:57:51( Edit History Discussion )

Lisa Murkowski: can you tell me if i have any time remaining on that? the presiding officer: the senator from alaska has 11 minutes remaining. ms. murkowski: thank you, mr. chairman. i know that the senator from oklahoma had wanted to make a couple comments, but i would like to just take a couple extra minutes before i turn to him in response to my friend and colleague from california.

3:57:52 to 3:58:15( Edit History Discussion )

Lisa Murkowski: in many ways she has made my point of supporting the argument. i would agree that in fact in order to deal with this very timely, this very significant issue, we must act. i just do not believe that utilizing climate change regulation

3:58:16 to 3:58:37( Edit History Discussion )

Lisa Murkowski: through the e.p.a. is the best instrument, the most effective instrument. the people that i represent back home are very concerned about this, as i have indicated, and are expecting their congress to act. but they don't feel very comfortable with unelected bureaucrats in the environmental protection agency telling them

3:58:38 to 3:59:02( Edit History Discussion )

Lisa Murkowski: that in fact this is the road that we're going to be going down. no real appreciation or sensitivity to the environmental factors that we here in this body assess as we're trying to advance policy. we need to be driving forward good, thoughtful, considered, reasonable policy on the issue of climate change.

3:59:03 to 3:59:24( Edit History Discussion )

Lisa Murkowski: so i'm not disagreeing that we stop on this issue. i am simply suggesting that we need to make sure that it is conferenced, it is through the legislative process that we advance these very, very important policy initiatives. i do want to also make a comment

3:59:25 to 3:59:45( Edit History Discussion )

Lisa Murkowski: about the concern that somehow or other my legislation would fall back on what the e.p.a. is currently doing with the mobile sources, the emissions from tail pipes. i don't think that we could have drafted the amendment anymore clear to ensure that it is

3:59:46 to 4:00:06( Edit History Discussion )

Lisa Murkowski: specifics to the stationary sources. and, again, i would urge my colleagues to make sure that they're looking at the draft of the amendment that we had proposed and not some previous initiatives. and then one final point before i turn to senator inhofe. the point has been made byy colleague from california that

4:00:07 to 4:00:28( Edit History Discussion )

Lisa Murkowski: the administrator for e.p.a. has said that it's not herntent to be regulating the small emitters, the farms, the small businesses. and she has made those statements. i appreciate that. but the problem that we face is the clean air act, which doesn't -- doesn't give her that

4:00:29 to 4:00:49( Edit History Discussion )

Lisa Murkowski: flexibility to change the clean air act. she's obligated to regulate those entities that emit in excess of 250 tons. these are our smaller emitters. and so even though she may have suggested or stated that this is not her intention to go down

4:00:50 to 4:01:11( Edit History Discussion )

Lisa Murkowski: that road, she can make -- she can perhaps move forward with this tailoring proposa but i, as i stand before you, i can almost bet that that will be challenged in court, and it will -- it will -- it the test. and we will be stuck with what we are all attempting to avoid,

4:01:12 to 4:01:30( Edit History Discussion )

Lisa Murkowski: which is capturing the smaller businesses, the restaurants, the dry cleaners, et cetera, into this net, as we try to provide for the reg emitters. i'm sure we will have plenty of opportunity on this floor to continue this debate, and at this time, mr. president, i