"When you say no discharge, discharge can include dirt and sand runoff. Water, rainwater."
"If you could convince your superiors to withdraw this rule, your credibility would skyrocket in the EPA."
"Do not bring me a problem without a solution."
"Its recent rulemakings are an unprecedented power grab that are infringing on the rights of both the individual and small business owners."
"We are reducing the scope in terms of the Clean Water Act, did you not?"
"The EPA has a real problem. Congress does not trust you. Farmers do not trust you. The public does not trust you."
"... the reauthorization which has 41 provisions, which 34 of those applied directly to the Department of Defense, we have successfully implemented all 34 of those as of today."
"EPA and Corps are proposing to expand the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act to include nearly every damp patch of land in the United States."
"This extraordinary intrusion into the lives of many farmers, ranchers and small business owners has the likely potential to be economically devastating and must be stopped."
"This proposed rule creates more confusion, not less."
"The EPA and the Corps failed to do the assessments that they were supposed to do under the Regulatory Flexibility Act."