Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, earlier this year President Donald Trump submitted his budget request for fiscal year 2018 to Congress. The budget request included a 20 percent reduction in funding for the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance to $419 million, $129 million below the fiscal year 2017 level. The underlying bill cuts roughly 15 percent of the EPA's enforcement budget, and my amendment would get us closer to meeting the President's request by cutting an additional $10,234,000 from the EPA's programs and management account enforcement line item. Reducing the EPA's enforcement budget will help rein in inappropriate bureaucratic actions. It is necessary to revive the American economy and restore regulatory sanity to environmental regulations. Make no mistake, Mr. Chairman, the American people cannot afford to continue to be burdened by an out-of-control EPA that overregulates and promulgates rules and then punishes the American by adjudicating unconstitutional penalties. Mr. Chairman, I urge all Members to vote ``yes'' on my amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time. Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Minnesota is recognized for 5 minutes. Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr.…”