Chris Hollen actually said...

"It is entirely wrong to call this an expansion of the Clean Water Act or a new regulation."

"The Maryland Attorney General, Brian Frosh, filed an amicus brief in this case that is before the Fourth Circuit to prevent these kinds of discharges into the Chesapeake Bay and other waters."

"Let's not take rights away from the citizens and lock them up in the government; let's protect the citizens' rights that the Clean Water Act is truly based on."

"Those need to be permitted. But we cannot torture the Clean Water Act to extend it in a way that is not stated or in addition to congressional intent."