I yield an additional 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from Minnesota. Ms. McCOLLUM. The EPA was there to work with the city when the fire department found out what a danger it was. When the county wasn't able to handle such an extreme toxic cleanup, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency was able to call on EPA Region 5. They knew the people. They had worked together on other projects, and they gave comfort and aid to homeowners that this toxic waste site that people didn't even know existed from as close as you and I are to each other, sir, was in their backyard. The EPA does a lot of work. We are asking them to do it on a shorter budget. This would make it impossible for them to do their work at all. Madam Chair, I thank the chairman of the subcommittee for his support of the EPA, although sometimes we disagree at what level.
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May I inquire how much time is remaining on both sides. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Ellzey). The gentleman from California has 30 seconds remaining. The gentlewoman from Connecticut has 2 minutes remaining.
I claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.
As the designee of the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Granger), I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.
These are noncontroversial, bipartisan amendments supported by both sides, and I reserve the balance of my time. Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Chair, I support this amendment. As with all the others, it contains a series of bipartisan amendments with…





