"So for the public, moving on legislation could actually create a quicker standard of protection versus waiting for a process going through your due diligence?"
"We believe that legislation would help you all deal with the pending CCR deadline."
"I think dams are obviously in context well beyond coal ash disposal sites, but the structural integrity of dams, I am not a dam expert--d-a-m--but those things are evaluated by states."
"No immediate hazard, and the EPA went on record as saying that?"
"Thank you, and Mr. Cobb, I wanted to ask, as another experienced state regulator, do you think states are able to interpret the minimum program requirements in the bill to develop a permit program tha..."
"And if there is, obviously, abuse, which I think some people fear, don't you think that the public would be aghast and may want to take retribution on politicians and those who have been appointed as ..."
"What could this mean for patients, especially for telemedicine and other advancements that are starting to improve the quality and access to care for patients in rural areas, like my district, who are..."
"Here is what I observed in my district. I have a large rural district. There are 102 counties in the State of Illinois. I represent 33."
"The medical device tax is a very pernicious tax by itself."
"the federal government gets involved, it creates uncertainty, it raises the cost of capital, it slows up the delivery process"
"So Medicare pays, in essence, 70 percent of private care costs."
"So this must help that fund, shouldn't it?"