Political Quotes

“Mr. Pesident, I rise today to offer what I consider to be an enormously commonsense piece of legislation that is going to help our Nation's dairy farmers. No one can make up this stuff. If you can believe it, this legislation pertains to the EPA's regulation for oilspills. I said that right. What do oilspills have to do with dairy farmers, you might ask? Having grown up on a dairy farm myself, I didn't think they had much in common at all. But EPA apparently thinks differently on this issue than I do. The EPA currently enforces what are known as spill prevention control and countermeasure regulations, often referred to as SPCC regulations. The purpose of these regulations is to prevent any oil from discharging into U.S. waterways. It seems to make sense so far. Under SPCC regulations, facilities that store or use oil or fuel must put in place a prevention plan so oil does not spill--that makes sense so far--or, if oil does spill, it is contained safely onsite. I get all of that. These regulations have been in place since the passage of the Clean Water Act, dating back to the 1970s. We do not want oil spilling in our waterways. The regulations are meant to avoid such spills. I think everybody is probably with me so far. But there is one problem. Currently, EPA's definition of oil, under SPCC regulation, includes, of all things--milk.…”