These are areas that I would like to explore with you, and working with the subcommittee, find a way to ensure that the actions of the Agency are consistent with what most people in the country believe the priorities should be.

The people in Flint have to have it in the bottle. The stories about people being fearful of bathing in the water.

there is angst, there is anxiety, there is a view by many within my State that EPA is overstepping its appropriate role.

We still need to find a workable solution for small remote incinerators that are the only option to deal with solid waste in some areas in Alaska.

I will continue to raise the issue about our small remote incinerators.

My concern is not just that I have limited time, but 2018 is the compliance window here, and we still have yet to engage in a way that's going to be productive.

We yield all time back. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, all time is yielded back. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.

Why is the Agency choosing to make such large cuts from the State Revolving Fund to pay for effectively additional personnel?

I would like your commitment this morning that you'll look closely at what the city of Fairbanks is doing.

We're trying to come up with everything that we possibly can to be creative, to be innovative.

I am very concerned about the direction the budget takes here.

So you are giving me your assurance that the Agency is not planning on taking any actions to implement the rule until there is final action by the courts.

Again, welcome to the subcommittee, and we look forward to your comments and the opportunity to engage in questions.

I'm also concerned about the Agency's efforts to use the Superfund statute to require potentially duplicative financial assurance requirements on hardrock mining.

I was pleased that we were able to double the funding for the Alaska Native Villages Water Program in the fiscal year 2016 omnibus to $20 million.

the Agency is pumping out rule after rule based on questionable legal authority.

I have some very serious concerns with the choices the Agency has made.

As I noted in my opening comments, what we've seen is that, even as we have added new wells into the system, we have seen our methane emissions from petroleum and natural gas falling.

Thank you, Mr. President. The amendment I have called up is an amendment Senator Cantwell and I have been working on. It is what we are dubbing our ``Natural Resources'' title. There are 30 different provisions--15 from the Republican…

If there is no further debate, I ask for the yeas and nays on amendment No. 3234. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is all time yielded back?

Yes, all time on the Republican side. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, all time is yielded back. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to the amendment, as modified. The…

I am hoping that we can work with you to ensure that this type of cleanup can occur.

It's confusing to me that, within the administration, you would take from that very fund that can help the people of Flint...

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Washington…

this brings us to the end of the agreed-to votes on the amendments that required a rollcall, as well as the 29 various amendments that were accepted by voice en bloc. We have made extraordinary progress on a good, strong, bipartisan energy…