Mr. Chairman, I just want to thank you for being here today.
When I heard that, when the President said we are going to stop paying to clean up abandoned mines that have been cleaned up, I thought, 'hm...
I do not believe that it is settled. Certainly man has an impact. The extent of that impact is what the debate is all about.
But working together, we have made a sincere effort to find common ground on many issues.
It concerns me when the agency says it is settled science because what is, I think, probably settled is that most people agree that climate ...
I appreciate that, and I appreciate the fact that you understand that it is those small operators that we are really concerned about.
Every one of the meetings turned into a 'what the hell is EPA doing' meeting.
I do not think a lot of people think it is settled science.
These people are ready to hand you the keys to their cities and say the heck with it.
Twenty percent becomes a pretty good level for that, but I have a whole bunch of questions that we will ask later.
I cannot help feeling weary about the way in which EPA is implementing broad regulatory changes.