Political Quotes

“And my colleagues, this amendment simply states the finding of the science. It simply says that Congress finds that mercury released into the ambient air from cement kilns, addressed by these rules listed in 2(b) of this act, is a potent neurotoxin that can damage the development of infants' brains. That's the finding. It's a scientific finding. As I heard the argument of the gentleman from Kentucky, the chairman of the subcommittee, he said it depends on how much you've ingested and all that, but nobody's talking about that. This is just a finding of the science. He also indicated there is no finding in this bill. So what? This is an amendment to the bill. EPA didn't put a dollar figure on the potential health benefits from reducing the emissions of mercury, carcinogens, and other toxic pollutants. It's not that there won't be any benefits. EPA simply couldn't produce a well-supported dollar value estimate of those benefits given the time and methodological constraints. So I don't see how anybody can oppose this amendment, because it simply states a scientific fact. Let me be very concrete about it. This is a simple statement of a scientific fact. If Congress wants to go on record, as we already have in other legislation, that we don't believe in science, you can do it, but it doesn't wish the scientific finding away.…”