Political Quotes

“the amendment which I offer now will tighten the flow control provisions of title II to more accurately reflect what I believe is the committee's intent; namely, to authorize flow control for a limited period of time to ensure that States and political subdivisions are able to service the debt that they incurred for the construction of solid waste management facilities prior to the Carbone decision. Flow control is inherently anticompetitive. It was ruled a violation of the Constitution's commerce clause by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Carbone case. The Court ruled: State and local governments may not use their regulatory power to favor local enterprise by prohibiting patronage of out-of-State competitors of their facilities. While Justice O'Connor in a concurring opinion noted Congress' power to authorize local imposition of flow control, I do not believe it is in the public interest to sanction these Government monopolies intrastate, and it could impede competition, particularly for any more than the minimum amount of time required for State and local governments to pay off the debt that they incurred prior to the Supreme Court decision. So my amendment would authorize flow control authority only until the debt incurred prior to the Carbone decision is repaid.”