Barbara Boxer: “I thank my friend. I wanted to ask him a question. Because I think the way the Senator responded to the Toomey amendment…”

“I thank my friend. I wanted to ask him a question. Because I think the way the Senator responded to the Toomey amendment was exactly right on point. It was almost a deja vu as I listened to my friend from Pennsylvania, because he is not on the committee of jurisdiction. But we had this debate, as my friend pointed out. As a matter of fact, I started to get a little stressed as he related what we went through to get to the point where we have an expedited procedure that takes care of the problems my friend from Pennsylvania talks about. But we do not throw out every landmark environmental law. That would be a disaster. I can give you an example and ask my friend if he agrees with this example. I also want to point out the American Public Health Association strongly opposes Senator Toomey's amendment, because they know the health of the people is at stake. But let's say you had a situation where you brought in a contractor to clean up after there was a disaster, collapse, let's say, of a highway. There was a body of water nearby. The contractor came in. Instead of having a good clean operation, he started dumping his fuel and chemicals and everything else into this waterway. Mind you, under our law he has already got an expedited permit, he is ready to roll. But he or she, they have to be good citizens and not make matters worse.…”