There is no denying that EPA caused this disaster.
These families deserve to have the full attention and the dedicated resources of the Administration committed to the cle...
Let's identify exactly what went wrong to make sure this doesn't happen again.
The 1872 mining law continues to allow mining corporations to take hard rock minerals from public lands without paying a...
What happened at the Gold King Mine is part of a much, much bigger problem.
It's also clear that the agency was slow to communicate with local governments and didn't obtain water quality results.
EPA has accepted responsibility here also.
We have asked you and the President to find resources and try to prioritize funding for a water treatment plant in the U...
Senator Bennet and I were at a community meeting in Durango where the results of testing and water samples were displaye...
We need to pass Good Samaritan legislation, as Senator Gardner said.
From the outset I've said that EPA should be held to the same standard as EPA would hold a private company for said spil...
I commend the Senators from New Mexico and my colleague, Senator Bennet from Colorado, on the need to not just talk abou...
Thank you for holding this hearing today.
My hope is that as you work toward a decision that you will engage everyone in Colorado on this question.
Where was the EPA during this initial notification and closure of the River?
Affected communities and stakeholders deserve transparency and accountability in the events surrounding the spill.
the EPA was trying to remediate the mine, there is no denying that they caused this spill, and that is entirely unaccept...
We need solutions to address the acid mine drainage coming from all of these old abandoned mines.
