Political Quotes

“all over America today there are Governors and county officials and mayors who are making their decisions as to how to fund their budgets. Generally they are going to start by looking at what the Federal Government tells them they have to do, be it Medicaid, or whatever it may be. Clearly in the area of the environment they run into many unfunded mandates, which we have heard a lot of discussion of here today. Mr. Speaker, there is an amendment which is introduced by the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Clinger] that is made part of the rule which will come before us which will address this problem. The amendment would require the EPA to develop and implement a strategy to relieve the burdens of unfunded environmental mandates on State and local governments, and it would encourage the EPA to be flexible, so that environmental goals can be achieved while lessening economic impact. It does not oppose strong, effective environmental laws or standards.”