"The debate in this committee continues. It is a healthy one, by the way."
"How out of step can you be than to move forward with a bill that is going to stop us from protecting the health of our families?"
"You said, ozone pollution is bad for the lungs. That is pretty straightforward."
"We are here to make life better for people, not to fight for the polluters, period, end of quote."
"Scientists overwhelmingly agree that EPA needs to adopt a stricter standard to protect the health of the American people, especially our children and the elderly."
"I wish the whole Country could have seen this panel. You are all so good."
"The Clean Air Act requires... that these standards be set solely on the best available health science."
"If you really want to look at what happens when there is no regulation on air, look at communist China, look at communist Eastern Europe."
"To sit here and say there are going to be no jobs and no development as you meet the standards is totally false."
"Everyone has a right to know that the air they breathe is safe, because if they cannot breathe, they cannot go to school, they cannot work, they get sick, they go to the emergency room, and they do no..."
"we are the environment committee. We are not the pollution committee. We are supposed to protect people from harmful pollution"