Political Quotes

“I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill, add the following: SEC. 4. EFFECT ON STATE PERMIT PROGRAMS. (a) In General.--If the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, based on the proposed rule developed under section 3, issues a final rule to define the term ``waters of the United States'' as used in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), the Administrator shall-- (1) not later than 90 days after the date of issuance of the final rule, review each permit program being administered by a State under section 402, 404, or 405 of that Act (33 U.S.C. 1342, 1344, or 1345) to determine whether the permit program complies with the terms of the final rule; and (2) not later than 10 days after the date of completion of the review, notify the State of-- (A) the Administrator's determination under paragraph (1); and (B) in any case in which the Administrator determines that a permit program does not comply with the final rule, the actions required to bring the permit program into compliance.…”