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David Vitter is a former United States Senator from Louisiana, serving from 2005 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Vitter was known for his focus on issues such as transportation, infrastructure, and environmental policy. During his tenure, he served on various Senate committees, including the Environment and Public Works Committee, where he addressed topics like water quality and pharmaceuticals in the nation's waters.
Well, at least my next question, because I guess I just fundamentally disagree with that, my next question was going to be when will the President and the Administration lead on changing our fiscal course, because I truly believe what has…
It does not make sense to continue to waste $800 million on a system we are not going to procure.
I applaud you for your decision not to proceed to procurement of the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) air and missile defense system.
One of the President's appointees to the oil spill commission is the executive director of the National Resources Defense Council.
The President appointed a 30-day review commission of expert scientists who gave him a report.
This de facto moratorium is devastating lives, costing jobs, devastating companies.
I can't overstate how devastating this has been to so many Louisianans and how frustrated Louisianans are with this pattern of actions by the Interior Department.
It is important that Federal agencies be headed by competent and capable people.
Iran continues to maintain a rapid pace in its progress towards a nuclear weapons capability.
I am very concerned about continued credit availability to military families.
I would like to raise an issue regarding lending to military personnel that has come to my attention and which I find very concerning.
If EPA is going to decide to utilize resources to re-review a chemical prior to the otherwise established scheduled review period, as it has recently, that needs to be, again, to come back to my central theme, based on sound science.
Like Senator Lautenberg's home State, mine, Louisiana, owes a significant number and portion of very good-paying jobs to this industry.
If EPA ever decides to use any given study as a reason for limiting or terminating the use of certain chemicals, I think the results of that study, absolutely need to be repeatable and proven in supporting research.
The main priority I want to stress is the importance of basing everything on sound and rigorous science.
I think a European registration, evaluation and authorization of chemical substances, a REACH-style program, would threaten to kill innovation in the United States.
I think the peer review process needs to ensure that the peers are absolutely independent.
I think these numbers, which are strong in dollar figures, in claimants paid, in many ways, do represent the easiest cases.
I would suggest, given that this is a big unfinished job, that the answer should be public and unequivocal.
I just wanted to stress a concern and urge you not to declare a victory quite yet.
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