"I look forward to a spirited hearing today, as it should be whenever we're talking about something as important as clean water."
"H.R. 1 actually will improve the job environment in the United States, not make it worse."
"They can't afford a 50 percent increase in their taxes from an unfunded mandate coming from a faceless bureaucrat."
"I don't know what you have done to gain the ire of so many hardworking people in my district, but you have."
"What took 2 years to implement a rule that milk spills on a dairy farm should not come under oil disaster response plans?"
"If there is no funding. If there is no Federal funding, that community has to come up with the dough?"
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman."
"the local jurisdiction can't afford that mandate. Anne Arundel County can't afford the $1.87 billion mandate."
"What's the EPA's plans? Are they going to take the local jurisdictions to court in order to force an increase in property taxes?"
"This is why these local jurisdictions are so afraid of the EPA."
"Ms. Stoner, it takes money. It's a huge unfunded mandate. The local jurisdictions don't have the money. You are not going to have the money. We're broke."
"$17 million, Ms. Stoner. That's the President's increase. Anne Arundel County alone has a fiscal year 2012 share--that's one of my 12 counties...their share alone is $200 million."