12/07/2009
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"the problem that we have in the bill that was introduced by my friends, Senators Hoeven and Manchin, is that it eliminates one, two, three, four, five, six, seven of the minimum standards in the rule"
"As I often say, no one has ever asked me, ... please weaken our clean water rules; I really don't want to have sure pure air or water. Baloney. They want it better."
"I expect the law enforcement authorities to communicate and work with the law-abiding people who reported it."
"You said what you saw at the State level was out-and-out cronyism, to put it in the mildest form."