I have suggested for a number of years that we use an approach we have taken for years, and that is the people, the businesses that use our transportation system would actually pay for them.

I believe that mercury should be regulated under section 112.

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…

Back home the reality that our climate is changing is not up for grabs or up for debate.

I appreciate the way you've conducted this hearing today.

Senator Lamar Alexander and I worked together for a number of years on Clear Skies legislation.

In my very first hearing as a United States Senator on this Committee, we had the Assistant Administrator, Janet McCabe.

I am not the Attorney General of Delaware, never had any intention to be, but if 17 of our counties in Delaware--we only have 3--if 17 of them or all 3 of them got Fs, I promise you, I would do something about it.

We have a moral obligation to do so.

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.

I like to say that in adversity lies opportunity.

mercury emissions from power plants pose significant hazards to public health and must be reduced.

We need your answers, and we need good answers. And the idea of waiting 2 or 3 weeks and not providing anything is just unacceptable.

Every State must do its fair share to safeguard our climate and their neighbors. That's why we have the EPA.

We were interested in having an outside panel, and it was explained to us that that is not really the tradition of the Committee.

You need to tell us what the rules are going to be, you need to give us some time and flexibility, and you need to get out of the way.

We have a moral obligation to [serve as stewards of this planet].

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.

To be honest with you, coming to this hearing today, I fear that she has gotten it right.

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 moneys that you are referring to, were those donations that were disclosed, fully disclosed?

Human exposure to methylmercury resulting from coal-fired electric-generating utilities is exceedingly small.

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.