the budget also brings Federal partnerships to connect historically isolated people and neighborhoods to local, regional, and national econo...
if there is a 30 percent cut, it is going to affect moneys coming to our States.
the grants that most States use to pay the salaries of the people who write air permits and water permits
We want to protect our water. We want to make sure our communities don't have streams that catch on fire.
So they will get sued, and the courts will be active again.
I was hoping you were going to mention the Chesapeake Bay. I was getting a little anxious there.
It is just going to make it more difficult for us to meet those standards.
the House-passed budget is providing unfunded requirements on our States by repealing the Federal Government's support for programs
H.R. 1 actually will improve the job environment in the United States, not make it worse.
I look forward to a spirited hearing today, as it should be whenever we're talking about something as important as clean water.
They can't afford a 50 percent increase in their taxes from an unfunded mandate coming from a faceless bureaucrat.
I don't know what you have done to gain the ire of so many hardworking people in my district, but you have.
If there is no funding. If there is no Federal funding, that community has to come up with the dough?
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
What took 2 years to implement a rule that milk spills on a dairy farm should not come under oil disaster response plans?
What's the EPA's plans? Are they going to take the local jurisdictions to court in order to force an increase in property taxes?
Ms. Stoner, it takes money. It's a huge unfunded mandate. The local jurisdictions don't have the money. You are not going to have the money....
the local jurisdiction can't afford that mandate. Anne Arundel County can't afford the $1.87 billion mandate.
