"The testing is not showing that everything is golden in any way, shape or form. These are serious problems."
"Knowing what you know now, would you have taken some different steps than you took?"
"If I was sitting there and somebody said do you wish you would have done more to stop this, I would say yes."
"I am talking about the--I mean, that is wonderful and we all applaud that and we want you to do that."
"Well, let me make a suggestion. And I think that Tom Carper really picked up on it and I want to thank him."
"But the point is, given the facility's high volume of waste, do you agree it makes sense to invest in strong waste management practices?"
"I don't know one Senator who said that we are not interested in moving toward cleaner coal."
"We want to be the leader."
"Would you please provide a list to Senator Carper's subcommittee and to the full Committee of all potential or known weaknesses at other impoundment or landfills?"
"But coal ash contaminates groundwater across the Country."
"I would quote from Thomas Friedman, sometimes we have a real problem that is masquerading as an insoluble problem."
"We do not. That is why I wanted to--please go on. I just wanted to make sure you knew."