"If you don't feel emotional when faced with a widow, there is something wrong with you. I urge a no vote."
"When all the dust settles and everyone has a chance to read this bill, without this amendment, there are no deadlines to act on a chemical that is dangerous."
"Who cares? You are writing a bill so you add another title to it if you make the bill better, and you make the bill stronger, who cares?"
"I really look forward to making this chemical safety bill better and better. But if we can't support these perfecting amendments today, I intend to vote no on final passage."
"This amendment is identical to legislation I previously introduced with Senator Crapo, who is also a co-sponsor of this amendment, to help communities determine whether there is a connection between c..."
"Why don't we help local communities deal with cancer clusters? And so this is an opportunity to add that to this bill. And I hope we will say yes to that."
"I want to respond to this, my colleague said I wasn't part of the process."
"And if you vote no on this, I would say you need to answer to your constituents who say, Senator, why wouldn't you want to know what chemical is stored near my drinking water supply?"
"Colleagues, this is the Environment Committee, not the board room of the chemical companies."
"If you wanted to take action on asbestos, and as Senator Markey said, this has been an issue since a quarter of a century ago, you put it in the bill."
"Let's prove that we mean it when we say States' rights, and support Senator Gillibrand."