We have an oversight responsibility. We have a responsibility to challenge the way that the Administration is administering the laws.
I strongly support the three nominees and I hope that we can move them promptly to the floor.
I just want to say you should be voted out of this committee with enthusiasm.
Each of us would have our own definition of where there should be some Federal regulation.
I think the fact that you did take a break and you did go to the private sector should give them a good feeling that you know how life looks...
I want you to know in the polls our favorable approval in the Senate is 9 percent, and the EPA is 70 percent favorable.
So I just want to thank colleagues for being here today because I just can't imagine how anyone here listening to each of you could question...
I have to tell the committee something.
I am proud of you all, I am proud of your families, and I really am going to do everything in my power to personalize this.
Senator Vitter, our ranking member, has been working in a bipartisan fashion with Senator Lautenberg to introduce the Chemical Safety Improv...
Obviously, the jurisdictional issue that Senator Crapo raised is an important one, and I think we need to resolve that so that there is not ...