Angie Craig: “I will speak only briefly. I didn't think I had a dog in this fight, only a lawnmower and a weed eater. Most of what the…”

“I will speak only briefly. I didn't think I had a dog in this fight, only a lawnmower and a weed eater. Most of what the Senator from California said I agree with. But I also know when you have a large manufacturer that builds literally tens of thousands of engines a year spread out across the country and are allied to a variety of tools that are built by other companies, there does need to be uniformity in law. The amendment requires EPA to establish that kind of uniformity for 50 horse and under. Of course, I can appreciate that. I have dealt with situations before, including when we had the lawsuit over Yellowstone Park. It said that snowmobiles in Yellowstone Park had to meet a certain standard. We said, wait a minute, let's build a standard so all snowmobiles meet, nationwide, both the issue of sound and air pollution. That is exactly what is happening now. Most industries, when you can build a nationwide uniformity of standard, work obviously to meet it or they go out. Briggs & Stratton is the last remaining large manufacturer of small engines in the country. I understand that California has made some exceptions, carving out for Honda and others to meet certain compliance issues. I hope in this amendment we do recognize when you have a producer of this magnitude that sells worldwide and nationwide that we build or work to build uniformity across those standards. I believe that is the intent of the amendment.”