Political Quotes

“let me, if I could, just sum up for a minute. Mr. Speaker, I just note that one of the issues that came up today during the course of the debate, Members were saying, well, if one State dumped pollution into another State, the polluting State would not have to clean up unless Congress gave them a billion dollars and funded the mandate. That just is not so. All we are asking for is a cost accounting to find out what the costs are of imposing these mandates onto the State and local government. Then we can get a clear picture, enter into a dialog with Senate and local governments so that we can act appropriately to make sure that the will of the people is carried out. The 1991 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, ISTEA, included a provision requiring that highway asphalt in federally funded projects contain a certain percentage of recycled tire rubber, starting with 5 percent in 1994 and increasing incrementally to 20 percent by 1997 and beyond. Governors note that not a single State transportation department, nor the Federal Department of Transportation, nor any engineering trade association endorsed the rubberized asphalt provision when it was proposed here in this body.”