Sam Farr: “Well, it is rather embarrassing, if not shameful, that our country that is always sort of championed as being in a…”

“Well, it is rather embarrassing, if not shameful, that our country that is always sort of championed as being in a leadership role of higher quality, of better standards, of caring for living things, protection of species, and so on, would be so negative about in this race for to clean up the planet; that we are not at the front of the parade. It is embarrassing for me from a State that is trying to be at the front of the parade but not having any cooperation from the Federal Government to keep us up there or to encourage us to go further by bringing the rest of the Nation up to those levels.”