Jerry McNerney actually said...

"And that the United States should have a leadership role in this issue?"

"the Republicans have forced us into an absolute determination to block and obstruct all and any efforts to revise these laws."

"the problem with revising the laws, from my point of view, is that we hear extreme views from the Republican party of eliminating the EPA."

"there is no way we can do that because a fear that the progress we made will be lost in a deregulatory frenzy."