Diana DeGette actually said...

"The MATS rule is the first time the EPA has successfully protected the public from mercury release from power plants."

"Today, we take a look at the Trump administration's ill-conceived and, to me, frankly, mind-boggling effort to undermine the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's rule that limits mercury emissions f..."

"the Obama administration determined that it was, quote, 'appropriate and necessary' under the Clean Air Act to limit how much mercury coal power plants could emit each year."

"Let me be clear about something: When the EPA fails to enact clean air protections, it is our communities, and our families, and our environment that pay the price."