Political Quotes

“First of all, I appreciate my colleague bringing up this amendment. I just wish she, as a member of the committee, I wish we would have seen this in the markup of the full committee and the committee because maybe we could have just inserted it into the bill instead of having it as an amendment on the floor. I understand the gentlewoman's passion. I just wish, through regular order, we probably could have disposed of this in the committee process. Having said that, the gentlewoman's amendment takes steps to more closely conform the bill to the EPA rule with respect to cleanup requirements, which is the entire intent of this bill. The intent of the bill is to codify the EPA rule, and so the gentlewoman's amendment helps us do that, and I appreciate that. I agree with the gentlewoman that it approves a protectiveness of State permit programs. Again, the key thing about H.R. 1734, it creates State permit programs so that the States have Federal standards and they have an enforceable permit program which they can enforce, just like we do on solid waste. I have no objection to the amendment. It is going to improve the bill, and I accept it on our side. I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Castor). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Connolly The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 4 printed in part C of House Report 114-216.”