And I always think when I am there, first of all, what the character must have been like, the collaboration must have been like, and how empty the political conversation here would sound to the people that built Silverton.

I have said that the EPA should be held to the same standard as EPA would hold a private company for the spill.

It is my hope that the EPA's Office of Inspector General's report will provide more clarity and transparency on the spill.

From the outset I've said that EPA should be held to the same standard as EPA would hold a private company for said spill.

I fully agree with that.

These families deserve to have the full attention and the dedicated resources of the Administration committed to the clean up.

There is no denying that EPA caused this disaster.

Sometimes when information is produced but not explained, that can be as bad as keeping information hidden.

It's also clear that the agency was slow to communicate with local governments and didn't obtain water quality results.

From the outset, I have said that the EPA should be held to the same standards as EPA would hold a private company for the spill, which means investigations must be conducted, people must be held accountable and tough questions must be…

Let's identify exactly what went wrong to make sure this doesn't happen again.