Dianne Feinstein

I think that is a sign that the permitting process is broken.

The conferees believe that renewable energy developers should have less difficulty permitting their projects on disturbed private lands than on pristine public lands in order to facilitate greater species protection and stewardship of…

The administration's proposed fiscal year 2011 budget threatens to undo the progress made by Congress.

If we are going to get this done, we need to do it.

Thank you very much. Your work is very much appreciated. Thank you.

If that is the requirement of the law, that is what we shall do.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much, Senator.

While that amount is virtually unchanged from what was provided last year--so the budget is flat--there are significant funding increases that we should look at in several program areas.

I greatly appreciate the effort that has been made. Water is one of the more painful parts of our job it seems.

We believe this is an extremely important public policy matter with many critical questions yet to be answered.

I still, to this day, believe that if we move to institute a system affecting the electricity sector first, that it would work well.

I strongly believe, based on the Massachusetts case and I have read the law, the opinion here this morning, that you have to move forward and should move forward.

I think we should take a look at that and monitor it because this is a huge project.

The budget has $45 million. It is an increase for State water pollution control grants.

We got those projects funded and that was good.

It will probably be at least 2 years before we would look at something like, say, a 50,000 threshold.

Sixty-seven percent of U.S. stationary source emissions come from sources that emit more than 100,000 tons per year of CO2 equivalents.

Thank you very much, Madam Administrator.

I really believe that America's water and sewer infrastructure is outdated, and I remember the day before bottled water when you could literally drink water from the tap anywhere in the United States.

What is even more shocking is that there is no requirement to label most of the additives on this list.

I am concerned about the chemical intensive production practices that are used to clean and prepare our meat.

I would encourage you to examine these important issues with a very critical eye.

I have been encouraged to see this administration's commitment to improving the safety of our food supply.

The administration's proposed fiscal year 2011 budget threatens to undo the progress made by Congress.