"But that wasn't my question. My question was if you were one of those States that got a huge amount of pollution from a next door State which did nothing to prevent it, would you put yourself in the s..."
"I don't think that any agency, the Federal Government or any State agency, should overstep its bounds."
"We are not going to repeal the Clean Air Act and we are not going to repeal the Safe Drinking Water Act."
"I also think it is important to reiterate a fact clearly that should be in evidence. This is one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
"This is not some conversation about the meaning of the Twelfth Amendment, the Tenth Amendment, the First Amendment; it is really about the health of our people."
"I think it is all very fair, but at the end of the day this is one Nation, so setting minimum standards, making sure our people are protected, whether they are in my State or a State adjacent where th..."
"I believe the brownfields bill is certainly ready to move forward, I believe the coal ash bill weakens protections and should not move forward, and I believe we can work together to get that Good Sama..."
"I already think what the EPA did was not strong enough to protect the people."
"Recycling of coal ash is absolutely allowed under the EPA rule."
"the problem with the bill that Senators Hoeven and Manchin have, there is no Federal standard."
"There has to be Federal minimum standards."
"So I am not going to deal with that issue unless we have minimum protections. That is essential."