Barbara Boxer: “Here is what it says. It is a letter addressed to Senator Daschle. Senator Daschle, water agencies sincerely appreciate…”

“Here is what it says. It is a letter addressed to Senator Daschle. Senator Daschle, water agencies sincerely appreciate the language phasing-out MTBE that is in the bill. But the bill's call for renewable fuels must not be pitted against the safety of drinking water. We oppose the ethanol mandate and safe harbor language in the bill, and we urge instead your support for waivers from the Clean Air Act's outdated oxygenate requirement. That is of course the larger picture. But the point is these water agencies have had to deal with the real problems of MTBE. Mr. President, 120 million people are served by these water agencies.”