Congress should have been appropriating more money. We're at about 50 percent of what we said was the minimum level for appropriations.

I would like you to review the laws that you have, the tools that you have today, and come back to us...

We're working on some legislation with some other members of the Committee to try to allow some discretion in setting up these types of programs in other parts of the country.

When you are confirmed to be the Attorney General of the United States, one of your principal responsibilities is to make sure that access to our legal system is available to all of our citizens.

We've had a lot of discussion about the crack cocaine issue. When you take a look at the statistics...

I have renewed faith that the Chesapeake Bay restoration effort under the Administration of President Obama will remain a Federal priority that deserves renewed attention and resources.

The Federal partnership requires leadership, requires strategies based upon facts and science.

The clear science is that we have to regulate runoff issues.

We need to concentrate on reducing the nutrient levels that are suffocating the Bay.

I ask for your commitment to find ways in which EPA can play a constructive role in reducing the number of children in our Country that have been exposed to lead.

Thirty percent of the problems in regard to nitrogen oxide comes from the air into the Bay.