Bill Nelson: “This Administration has not devoted the resources necessary to clean up the many orphaned sites in Florida that depend…”

“This Administration has not devoted the resources necessary to clean up the many orphaned sites in Florida that depend upon the now almost bankrupt Superfund trust fund. In each one of these cases I have indicated, two in Escambia County, one west of Orlando--I could take you through the other orphan sites in the State of Florida--the only source of revenue we will have to clean up these sites is the American taxpayer, unless we reimpose the fee that was part of the deal that was struck in 1980 with the oil companies. I would just say in response to my good friend that if the administration is requesting additional general revenue, then I say hooray for the administration. But, that is not going to solve the problem of hundreds of these sites around the country. You have to have that source of revenue, particularly with the dire financial condition this country is facing, where this country is going into bankruptcy by our deficit financing each year to the tune of a half trillion dollars.”