Michael Bennet actually said...

"We need to reform the 1872 Mining Law to make sure that companies pay royalties to taxpayers."

"This same amount of polluted water was already being released from the Gold King Mine about every week."

"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 acco..."