"This is ridiculous. This is terrible that the Environment Committee would be doing this."
"It shocks me. It shocks me."
"Pesticides have been linked to a variety of human health impacts."
"I have never had a constituent in all my years, I have been in public life for 40 years in elected office, come up to me and say the water is too pure, the air is too clean."
"And guess how this came about? A lawsuit by the people of our great Nation who said, wait a minute, we have a Clean Water Act and we have no protection from these pesticides."
"Let's be clear about FIFRA. FIFRA is a labeling requirement, period."
"I think most people would say, you know, I think it is worth being a little careful here."
"I think you are making a big mistake, Mr. Chairman, to allow this to move forward."
"What we should be doing here is the opposite of what we are doing."
"I wish to speak in support of the Boozman amendment. I won't take the Committee's time to say why."
"Instead of burying our heads in the sand and ignoring potential impacts to children and families, I think we should make sure that experts can continue to look at this issue."
"This amendment modifies Section 2, which creates a new permanent exemption from the Toxic Substances Control Act for a wide array of sport fishing equipment."