Political Quotes

“With all due respect to my colleague from California, no one is in favor of allowing criminals to commit crimes at any level of the Federal Government or any part of the country. I do think it should be troubling to every Member of this body that we have gone over the line in regard to becoming what could be viewed as a police state. In regard to the raid on the Dothan wastewater treatment facility, that is a city facility; that is the Federal Government sending armed agents in full body armor with weapons to a municipal facility. I would beg the question: What was the threat assessment? This is going on in other parts of the country as well, and I think we have a responsibility to draw a line where law enforcement is involved. If there is a threat assessment that would indicate the need to have armed officers assist the EPA in an investigation or a raid, there is ample law enforcement available to do that. In that regard, I think this is an area where the EPA has overreached in respect to their responsibilities as regulators of the environment. I reserve the balance of my time.”