Congress needs to reinstate the 'polluter pays' taxes so those industries most responsible for polluting our land and water are held responsible for cleaning up our toxic legacy.

Mr. Chairman, 380 million gallons a day; that is a number that should have been quoted. When you hear about 380 million gallons a day of sewage being dumped in this estuary that they talk about, this environment they are trying to protect…

The polluters that caused this problem need to be the ones that pay for it.

For years, I have introduced a Superfund Polluter Pays Act, which would reauthorize the original Superfund fees.

As Congressman Pallone has said, the responsible parties will do things to stall or delay.

The Superfund Program is critical to cleaning up the most toxic sites across our country and these sites are shockingly common in my home State of New Jersey.

I think that is just fundamentally wrong. The cost of cleanup should be paid for those who get rich off contaminating these sites.

Superfund cleanups are essential for protecting public health and funding has been cut considerably over the last decade.

We appreciate your testimony. This committee, especially the subcommittee, we just really had a pretty good successful run on reforming the TSCA.

I just hope that we will all work together to do the most important thing that we can do and that is reinstate the Superfund tax.

It is, therefore, essential that consumers and physicians understand the limitations of each app.

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Cleaning up toxic Superfund sites not only reduces health risks, it also helps create jobs during the cleanup.

Caps always fail. It is just a question of when.

The contaminants at Superfund sites have been shown to cause cancer, birth defects, infertility and other serious health problems.

For years, I have introduced the Superfund Polluter Pays Act, which would reauthorize the original Superfund fees and make polluters, not taxpayers, pay the costs of cleaning up Superfund sites.

The main problem facing Superfund is the expiration of the polluter pays tax, and the most important thing we in Congress can do is reinstate it.

The main problem facing Superfund is the expiration of the polluter pays tax.