"I would not wait for an artificial date. Administrator, if you were the FDA, and you found out that there was a prescription drug out there that was harming people, you would not wait until you figure..."
"The three offices administered by these positions are central to the Agency's mission to protect the public health and to protect the environment."
"One in four people live within four miles of a Superfund site, including 10 million of our children."
"During the Bush administration, the pace of cleanups declined by 50 percent compared to the Clinton administration."
"Cleaning up these sites not only protects public health and safety, but provides jobs and helps to revitalize local communities."
"The Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance is the safety net that backs up all of EPA's efforts to clean up the environment and protect public health."
"I want to say to each of you, congratulations on these nominations. You have the opportunity to rebuild the Agency's ability to safeguard communities, revitalize our economy, and restore the public's ..."
"Thank you so much."
"The way we are going to proceed now is each of us will have 5 minutes to ask questions."
"I expressed my concern that we have slowed these cleanups dramatically by half."
"Well, Senator Lautenberg, you speak for us all when you talk about your grandkids always. And that is what our work is really about."
"We need to make sure our questions are submitted for two of the nominees by close of business tomorrow."