Political Quotes

“Madam President, I support President Obama's nomination of Gina McCarthy to be the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. The work of the EPA is critical to protecting Americans from toxic air emissions, polluted waters, harmful chemicals, and contaminated soils. EPA restores habitats enabling flora and fauna to flourish, improving drinking water supplies, enhancing our quality of life, and providing recreational opportunities. Since the EPA was created in 1970, the air we breathe is safer, our waterways are cleaner, and hundreds of thousands of contaminated acres have been cleaned up. This progress needs to continue, and Gina McCarthy would be an excellent leader to protect our treasured environment and improve public health, while at the same time promoting economic growth. I had the pleasure of meeting with Gina McCarthy this April and we had a frank discussion about commonsense environmental regulations. For example, I support strong ballast water regulations to protect the Great Lakes from destructive invasive species, but a patchwork of various State regulations would be impossible for shippers to comply with and thus we need a single strong federal standard. While Ms. McCarthy was not able to comment on this specific matter, she assured me that she would move forward with environmental regulations that are practical and workable.…”