Henry Waxman actually said...

"The bills we consider today would block and indefinitely delay EPA's efforts to make good on a 40-year-old promise to the American people that toxic air pollutants will be controlled."

"the benefits to mercury were not calculated. The benefits to particulate matter so outweighed the costs that it wasn't worth the effort, frankly."

"Both the boiler and cement bills would indefinitely delay important public health protections and would create minimum delays lasting at least 3 years for the boiler standards and almost 5 years for t..."

"These bills do not simply give EPA more time to finalize more rules. Rather, they would prohibit EPA from finalizing replacement rules prior to at least as early as March 2013 at best."