I thank the Senator, and I welcome his remarks. We are in a space in the Senate where there are some people who still say climate change isn't happening, even though, as the Senator and I know, 98, 99 percent of the scientists in this…

The State becomes a side player as opposed to a primary player.

Coal ash is so dangerous because it contains many toxins.

While I would have preferred that EPA issue a stronger rule--designating coal ash as 'hazardous waste'--EPA's new rule is an important step toward addressing the dangers of coal ash.

I do not want to see that. I would say, Mr. Kezar and Ms. Dunn, I do respect your view with the duplicative situation.

I thank the Presiding Officer. Mr. President, I am very proud to team up with the good Senator because this is a very modest amendment that just puts us in line with our colleagues: the United Kingdom, Germany, Turkey, Canada, France…

Any effort to stop that is a strike against our families, in my opinion. This is not about Democrats or Republicans. This is about our families.

The States then are free to expand on it, as Senator Boxer said, and enforce their own rules that are in excess of these rules if they want to.

I think they should have designated coal ash as hazardous waste.

I really believe this rule ought to have a chance to work.

I am dismayed that there is legislation moving through the House that attempts to weaken this rule even further.

It is hard to believe that it has been more than 6 years since the devastating spill at the Tennessee Valley Authority's coal ash pond in Kingston, Tennessee.