Political Quotes

“I rise today as the lead cosponsor of Senator Leahy's Omnibus Mercury Reduction Act of 2003 to ask support for our continued efforts to dramatically reduce mercury pollution that has been shown to pose serious health risks, especially for pregnant women, and can cause irreversible nerve damage in young children. This legislation responds to the Environmental Protection Agency's just released report on 'America's Children and the Environment: Measures of Contaminants, Body Burdens, and Illnesses', which states that EPA remains concerned about children potentially exposed to mercury in the womb. Mercury is among the least-controlled and most dangerous toxins threatening pregnant women and children from mercury exposure through the air and water in America today, and we need to continue the fight to pass a national approach to better control its use. Because mercury pollution knows no State borders, a national initiative is necessary to control it and better understand its health effects.”