Tom Carper

We need some folks in place, confirmed in position in EPA who have been nominated, including one we know well, Dr. Michal Freedhoff, who was reported out of this Committee 19 to 0 last month for a position where she could actually do some…

It is, and you have been a great leader on it, and we appreciate that.

My hope is that your testimony here today will enable us to prevent this from happening to others.

I have been urging our leadership on our side of the aisle to bring that nomination to a vote, and I would just ask our Republican colleagues to do whatever you can to make sure that she gets a vote.

I have pressured the EPA directly, both the prior Administrator and this one, and via legislative proposals for years to move forward on regulating PFOS and PFOA.

We have an important job to do. We have talked about this; we have tried to do stuff.

Nobody should have to go through that. Nobody should have to go through it.

You have the power to designate PFAS as a hazardous substance under CERCLA, as Chairman Carper has proposed in the PFAS Action Act.

I am very grateful to Mr. Klain for his quick response and for the President as well, and that the EPA continues to work expeditiously to establish a national primary drinking water regulation.

It is critical that EPA ensures that science and not politics is driving EPA's regulatory decisions.

I worked with my colleague, Senator Manchin, to secure the nearly $5 million needed to provide the necessary filtration for that system after the military first agreed to pay for it, and then they tried to walk away, but we wouldn't let…

That type of coordination among agencies requires continued collaboration and communication.

We want to get you back on a phone call. We are going to bring CISA into the conversation, and we are going to start going through it.

If you wind up in a situation like we found ourselves on May 7th, have an emergency response process that allows you to respond quickly.

We can do something about that. I hope my colleagues and I will do our job now going forward.

Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society.

It sounds like your mother adheres to the Golden Rule: Treat other people the way we would want to be treated.

I applaud President Biden for nominating Rob Silvers, and I encourage our colleagues to confirm him swiftly.

We say they are showing off. That was really impressive.

It is an honor to be asked to do this today.

I was especially proud of the bipartisanship that was shown in Congress when we passed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Act of 2018.

You know what it means to serve. All of you know what it means to serve.

I was present when we created the Department of Homeland Security literally in this room.

Joe Biden likes to say, all politics is personal, all diplomacy is personal. He is really right.

Communicate and compromise. I can't tell you how many people who have been married 60, 70 years say communicate and compromise is really important. It is also the secret for a vibrant democracy.