Bruce Westerman actually said...

"I think this is unacceptable, and I think you are at fault for not having the required design professional in charge of this work."

"My sense of this would be it would be beneficial to all of you to avoid a Superfund site because of what it is going to do, in terms of people viewing your tourist sites, property values, and things o..."

"This was not because of an accident; it was because of mistakes made by the EPA, mistakes caused by neglect because of a culture of arrogance."

"Despite efforts to try to minimize the significance of this spill, the facts cannot be ignored that 3 million gallons of acidic, heavy metal-laden water were released into the Animas River."