Political Quotes

“in a few moments we will have an opportunity to vote on the Congressional Review Act, on the final rule under the Clean Water Act on waters of the United States. Yesterday, I thought we had a rather robust discussion and debate about this, the Barrasso bill, which would have not only prevented the final rule from going forward but also would have changed the underlying bill. Cloture was not invoked. Now we are on the CRA--the Congressional Review Act--that would stop the rule from going forward. Yesterday on the floor of the Senate, I explained to my colleagues why I hope they will reject this motion and allow this rule to go forward. My main reason for saying that is that since 1972, Congress has had a proud record on behalf of public health, on behalf of our environment and protecting the people of this country from the dangers of dirty water. Before the Clean Water Act, we saw rivers that caught fire. In the Chesapeake Bay, we had the first marine dead zones reported. We made a commitment as a nation that we were going to do something about clean water, and Congress in a very bipartisan way passed the Clean Water Act as a commitment to the people of this country that we would take steps to protect their drinking water, to protect their public health, and to protect their environment so that the legacy would be cleaner water for future generations.…”