"I can tell you that we have had multiple hearings in the past on EPA, and it is not always being treated as kindly."
"There are 28 Federal agencies alone dealing with water, Federal agencies, most often in separate silos of regulation and mission."
"What you are proposing is common sense, to evaluate waste, integrate, and work together."
"So we put it all together to achieve a package that will achieve that community."
"Is the new technology part of it, addressing the new technology, the green technology, the methodology, et cetera?"
"What will it take to convince private investors to put up money to support water infrastructure and water re-use, recycling, et cetera?"
"I don't have questions of the Members, but I am glad this hearing is going to shed a little more light on the issue that brought such a great tragedy to the Gulf States."
"But who determines--I am sorry, but I went over time--who determines how that money is spent at the State level?"
"So to me--and you are right, this is the law of the land, and it also was put there for a purpose."
"So to me that is something that--I am not sure whether that will share in the equation, but certainly it brings to light how dependent we are on the funding to be able to mitigate everybody's concerns..."
"when will be our turn?"
"We must continue to investigate the impact that it has on our water supply, and especially our ecosystem."