Political Quotes

“Thank you, Madam Chairman. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Just to my friend from Virginia, I hope he will look at the manager's amendment, because in the manager's amendment it beefs up the list of constituents for groundwater detection and assessment monitoring specific to coal combustion residuals. This is something we received from your side of the aisle that they wanted more clarity. That's what the manager's amendment does on runoff aspects of the Clean Water Act. The other thing is, if the toxic sludge, as you had defined it, was so toxic, why did it go into municipal landfills and not into toxic landfills? The reality is the cleanup materials did not go into toxic landfills. So we just want to clear up some false statements here. I would now like to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Tennessee, Dr. Roe.”