On the recordOctober 5, 2011
Reclaiming my time, I think the public has a right to know, and I don't think the Congress of the United States ought to deny them that information. As I heard the argument from the gentleman from Kentucky, it's already been evaluated and is in the record by the EPA. I think putting it in the Congressional Record is not even enough. If the public wants to know, we ought to have full-page ads in the newspapers. That's my view. But that's not as far as the amendment would go, simply to put it in the Federal Register and hope that the press would pick it up and inform people. Let people know. Don't pass a bill to let the cement kilns avoid coming to terms with regulations that will protect the public health from all of these different incidents of serious diseases and then not tell the American people that we've let them off the hook and they should understand one of the consequences will be all of these diseases and all of these deaths that otherwise could have been prevented. So I strongly support the gentleman's amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Ellison). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes appeared to have it.
