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Tom Carper is an American politician currently serving as the senior United States senator from Delaware, a position he has held since January 3, 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, Carper has focused on various issues including healthcare, environmental protection, and fiscal responsibility throughout his career. He previously served as the Governor of Delaware from January 21, 1993, to January 2, 2001, and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from January 3, 1983, to January 21, 1993.
EPA is required to regulate mercury because EPA determined that mercury emissions from power plants pose an otherwise unaddressed significant risk to health and the environment and because controls options to reduce this risk are available.
Mercury emissions from power plants pose significant hazards to public health and must be reduced.
In 2011 the EPA required dirty coal power plants to clean up mercury and air toxic emissions by issuing the Mercury and Air Toxic Standards Rule.
We don't often have the kind of disruptions in this room and in this building that we are witnessing here today.
It's hard to imagine a more damning statement and from one who served, not that long ago, in the position of trust, Mr. Pruitt, to which you have been nominated.
Too much of what I've seen of his record on the environment and his views about the role of the EPA are troubling, and in some cases deeply troubling.
Every State must do its fair share to safeguard our climate and their neighbors. That's why we have the EPA.
Families and business owners face the stark realities of climate change every single day. Tackling that challenge is not just the right thing to do or what is best for Delaware's economy. It's a matter of survival.
Today the citizens of Flint still lack clean drinking water, and a new generation there, which has been exposed to high levels of lead, faces an uncertain future.
Every citizen in this country has a right to breathe clean air, regardless of whether they live in a downwind or upwind State.
The EPA is required to use sound science to protect both our environment and our public health.
In a little more than 48 hours Donald Trump will place his hand on a Bible and take an oath to defend our country and Constitution.
To be honest with you, coming to this hearing today, I fear that she has gotten it right.
Even former Republican EPA Administrator Christie Whitman, with whom I served for 7 years as Governor of neighboring States, recently said that she "can't recall ever having seen an appointment of someone who is so disdainful of the Agency…
Back home the reality that our climate is changing is not up for grabs or up for debate.
Today, the citizens of Flint still lack clean drinking water, and the new generation there which has been exposed to high levels of lead faces an uncertain future.
Should children and others in Delaware really be forced to live with the consequences of decisions made by polluters hundreds or even thousands of miles away who gain economically from our disadvantage? I don't think so.
In little more than 48 hours, Donald Trump will place his hand on a Bible. He will take an oath to defend our country and Constitution.
Colleagues on both sides of the aisle say that Attorney General Pruitt has the right experience for the position.
The EPA, under the leadership of a qualified and responsible Administrator, is a vital tool that must be used to protect the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the communities where our families live. It is truly a sacred trust.
As attorneys general, we understand the need to work collaboratively to address threats to our environment that cross State lines as well as the importance of a Federal counterpart in the EPA Administrator who possesses the knowledge…
The letter that I sent on January 11th was not just to the EPA. It was to the head of the EPA and also the Assistant Secretary at the Army.
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