if we do not push for that issue, that there may not be those kinds of investments.

the RRIF Program is very much open for business.

I want everybody made whole. And I am not feeling as confident about that, particularly.

It is time to update this outdated relic.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I personally appreciate EPA's attitude about taking full responsibility.

We have a problem here that has to be corrected.

I think that a truly independent investigation should occur, so that the great questions that will bring about institutional improvements can be asked.

I want to associate myself with the comments and questions that Cynthia Lummis, our colleague from Wyoming, shared.

Rapid communication, if there is an urgency like this, that did not occur, and we need to correct that.

Do you think, Mr. Secretary, that that would be helpful in pushing out as much information as we can?

What this states is the timeline associated with the communications that went to all the communities.

Dilution is not the solution; and that is what the EPA's term of cleanup is.

Those on the Navajo Nation and others affected by this spill must be compensated.

The Native American community across the Country uses this Committee as a great oversight entity.

You have urged the EPA to designate the upper Animas as a Superfund site. That is something I support.

Some of the people who have looked at this area say the 1872 mining law and its supervision of mining is some of the most lax public oversight of any industry.

The President of the Navajo Nation has requested that EPA designate the Upper Animas District as a Superfund site. I support this and believe it should be a priority for funds and remediation.