David Skaggs: “When the gentleman from California pointed out accurately a few minutes ago that there are publicly owned powerplants in…”

“When the gentleman from California pointed out accurately a few minutes ago that there are publicly owned powerplants in the Midwest putting out what may be found to be excessive quantities of SO<INF>2 that are affecting the quality of life in New England, why should my constituents in Colorado or yours in Louisiana be forced to help that local government comply with a national clean air standard on its public powerplant when their public powerplants are in compliance? ... we need a national law that mandates a standard that we all live by. And when we need one of those national laws that mandates a national standard so one State cannot hurt a neighbor, we, in Washington, have to have the courage and the will and the commitment to that national standard to raise the money and pay for it. So that all taxpayers, those who live in the State where the pollution may be originating and those who will receive the benefit of the program we pass here in Washington, all taxpayers share in the public duty to pay for that cleanup.”