John Shimkus: “And I think one of the aspects will be immeasurable. How do you measure the success of the new techniques, and new farm…”

Congress declared that quantity was not the true measure of whether EPA was doing its job, but, rather, the quality of the work it was doing.

It is no surprise that we have the law of the land for failure of the appropriators to spend the money.

It is critical that if we are going to spend money to make sure our water is safe, we use science and we don't use emotion.

I thank my colleague for yielding me the time. We should at least comply with the law. I would think that a law- writing body, Congress, and the Appropriations Committee should at least follow the law. Well, again, this rule doesn't do…