That is not acceptable.
Editor's note · Context
Expressing dissatisfaction with the slow cleanup of hazardous waste sites under the Superfund program.
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Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 45 seconds to the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Westerman).
The last Congress this committee reauthorized the Brownfields Program. It was led by Mr. McKinley.
We all want a clean environment, but we cannot fund it in a competitive global marketplace if Americans' ingenuity consciously recedes into a place where our manufacturing sector has a GDP of a third-world country.
And that is what the rural people are going to be concerned about is that we are going to put in more rules, more regulations and they are not going to be able to fulfill the promise of safe drinking water to all Americans.





