Political Quotes

“I rise in opposition to the rule. I support the amendment on risk assessment that my colleagues Mrs. Thurman and Mr. Mica would like to offer should this rule be defeated. In fact, I feel the House has an obligation to address this issue, and this is the appropriate time to do it. But despite strong support from a wide range of organizations, including the Nation's Governors, despite the 95-3 approval of a similar amendment on this same bill in the Senate, despite claims that we have an open rule on this bill, the rule before us keeps us from discussing the subject of risk assessment, and it should be defeated. The so-called Thurman/Mica amendment does not create new environmental policy or rewrite the existing environmental laws. It simply provides a new management tool to help the Secretary prepare the most cost-effective environmental policy for our country. As a legislative body, we cannot hear story after story of regulations that are out of touch with reality, and then refuse to consider a possible solution.”