Political Quotes

“Here we are facing fines of $25,000 a day, trying to fix $18 million worth of problems. Does that make sense? Does it really make sense to fine these people to try to comply? That is what an unfunded mandate does. Not only is it an unfunded mandate; it is fining for not complying with an unfunded mandate, which compounds it. It makes it worse. You cannot get $25,000 a day from people who do not have jobs, who are worried about the mill closing. It just does not work. Yet, here we go. I have people in those towns tell me, ``Senator, why don't you have the Federal Government come up here and take over the town because it will be a lot easier. It will give us less headaches. You run it. You want to tell us what to do, so go ahead and run the town.'' Rochester, NH, same thing--mandate under the Clean Water Act. I could mention numerous examples all over my State, and of course every Senator could mention similar horror stories all over America.”