I hope that this Congress does not continue to ignore this growing national problem.

The bill improves water quality monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting so that the public knows which CAFOs are polluting.

Farm SAFE is very similar to legislation that I introduced last Congress.

Water quality in California's San Joaquin Valley has been degraded by unregulated discharges of waste from dairy farms.

Mr. Speaker, today I introduced legislation to address the most important source of water pollution facing our country--polluted runoff.

This legislation will restore confidence that we can swim and fish in our streams and rivers without getting sick.

Farm SAFE will require large livestock operations to do their part to reduce water pollution.

The only mining law reform bill Congress has sent to the President in recent years was part of the fiscal year 1995 budget reconciliation bill that President Clinton properly vetoed in December 1995.

This is corporate welfare that subsidizes both foreign and domestic mining companies and should be stopped.

This antiquated relic allows mining operators nearly unlimited access to our Nation's hard rock minerals, no matter what other values (such as fish and wildlife habitat) may also be present.

Lack of Congressional action to reform this archaic law is indefensible--albeit a testament to the strength of the mining industry's influence on certain key Members who have consistently blocked any attempt to amend or replace the law…

Today, Reps. Filner, Pelosi, Gutierrez, and I am introducing legislation to require the Department of Energy to move the tailings to a safe location.