Political Quotes

“From a purely self-interested perspective as a Coloradan--and perhaps we have very little to lose as we're a headwaters State--snow that falls in my district on the continental divide will either end up in the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers, flowing toward the Gulf of Mexico, or will end up in the Colorado River, supplying my friend from Utah's State as well as Arizona, Nevada and California. The continental divide runs right through my district in the State of Colorado. If Colorado, for example, opened its doors to unregulated uranium mining, it's Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and California which would have to pay that price. Regardless of self-interest, clean water is an interstate issue that deserves an interstate solution. I can't think of anything that better fits the description of interstate commerce, which is enshrined in our Constitution, itself. Truly, how we deal with our interstate waterways is at the very base of interstate commerce. Safe drinking water is critical to economic growth, to the survival of all communities nationally and to all people in the entire world. While States appropriately have led the role in implementing clean water safeguards, the law does not function effectively without a backstop and a floor provided by the Federal Government which ensures that people have clean water and safe drinking water regardless of the State in which they live. Mr.…”