Jerry McNerney actually said...

"that plan as currently drafted has serious environmental impacts in the entire delta including endangered species implications"

"we can pay down now, and the cost will be in treasure, or we can pay down later, and the cost will be treasure and blood."

"It continually amazes me that our friends on the other side of the aisle think of the EPA as the devil because before the EPA came along, we had the Love Canal, we had the Cuyahoga River catching on f..."

"Now, it is important to have a balance, I understand that. But my concern with this bill is that it could indefinitely delay or block critical public health and environmental protections for analysis ..."