Political Quotes

“I just want to remind my colleagues that they will be interested to know the EPA noted in its June 2010 proposed regulation for coal combustion residuals that municipal solid waste rules provide an appropriate, comprehensive framework for regulating coal combustion residuals. That's from the EPA, the same EPA people say we're trying to gut. And I will continue to hold up the Veritas study that says, because of the recycling aspect of coal ash that goes into concrete, if you claim it to be toxic, you can no longer use coal ash in concrete for roads and for bridges and for buildings. That's the debate. And then when you tear down those structures, they would have to go in the toxic landfills. I also remind my colleagues that, from the spill, none of the spill cleanup went to toxic landfills. With that, I yield 5 minutes to my colleague from West Virginia (Mr. McKinley), the author of the legislation. Mr. McKINLEY. Madam Chairman, I rise today in support of this bipartisan, pro-job, pro-environment, pro-health legislation. After 30 years of debate, of charges and countercharges, we can finally get this done. Just as an example of the disparity and misrepresentation here, we talked about mercury. That was discussed earlier.…”