"Flint was let down by its Federal and State Government and its local officials and the residents there are right to be skeptical."
"At one level I am glad we are looking into the tragedy in Flint, Michigan, and on another one I am saddened and disappointed that it even happened in the first place."
"In the country right now, there is a revolt brewing in the country."
"I would call on the commissioners to enact civil disobedience and disregard the chairman's edict."
"opening statement"
"It's not because Republicans are anti-environment. We all want to breathe clean air and drink clean and safe water."
"I want money to go to cleanup more than bureaucracy."
"He has been very, very helpful on movement of this, and we are hopeful we will get to some agreement in the future."
"The problem, and the reason we've cut your budget, is that your agency, is prioritizing new rules and regulations that Congress never told you to pursue in the first place."
"Since Republicans took the House majority in 2012, we've used our power of the purse to readjust EPA's budget from the outlier levels of 2009 to something more in line with the trend set for 2008 spen..."
"We are in a much better place than we were, obviously, 2 years ago."