I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to speak for up to 20 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

The bottom line is people have to be kept safe.

the fact is the economics that were cited by my friend and that will be cited from my friend from West Virginia, and I have seen those surveys, those studies, they have been refuted, and I think our witness here is going to show that those…

the poisoning, again, by lead of children in Flint has shaken the Nation.

to disrupt a rule that is protective of the people I think is the wrong thing to do.

I want to thank you so much for your patience in the face of some anger here.

There is a huge problem, and real people say it who don't get paid by industry.

The majority demonizes any Federal agency that tries to help; it doesn't matter if it is the EPA, they demonize.

What a great country is all I can say.

This was an unprecedented reach out, and all we hear are complaints about it.

Sir, I just want to say to you, regardless of what you hear, you just stand up and you continue to do that. And when people look at you and say, sir, you shouldn't do this, just tell them to look at those families in Flint. This is what…

The majority party here, with all due respect, this is their philosophy, they demonize anybody in the Federal Government.