clean, safe, affordable drinking water is a national priority.

The Safe Drinking Water Act has been a great success in providing Americans with clean, safe drinking water.

Complying with EPA's new regulations is difficult.

I am, however, concerned about the troublesome precedents some of these bills would create.

I hope it's not just empty words.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And again, it is good to see you, Administrator Jackson.

The reason it is important for me to ask the question is because in response to our questions, Madam Administrator, you stated during the proposed endangerment findings, quote, now these are your words, 'The Agency relied in large part on…

In the interest of moving balanced, effective TSCA reform legislation, I urge you, Senator, to introduce a bill driven by risk-based analysis, rather than by precautionary principle.

I would say that if we agree with Dr. Holdren that the science will work itself out, that we should suspend any further activity in the endangerment finding until the science is worked out.

I think that we will make the 5,000 to 7,000 goal.

The troops themselves, they want to win, and they don't like to even talk about a withdrawal date.

I wish he had done the same thing on the third missile defense site in Poland.

the No. 1 risks for our kids is not obesity. It is illicit marijuana.

This bill, if nothing else, certainly needs more consideration not less, and I congratulate you on moving with haste to expose the shortcomings.

Unfortunately, I see this bill as another part of a hostile agenda aimed squarely at rural America and removing States and local officials as decisionmakers.

A top-down, heavy handed Federal approach will not lead to the kind of real world changes that are necessary to ensure the health of the Bay.

Allowing the EPA to approve decisions about taxes, jobs, and local land use is simply unacceptable.

The Federal Government should not tell States how to proceed on development; furthermore, as a strong Federalist, I think it is dangerous to have Washington make decisions that should be up to local communities.