Gene Taylor: “again I want to thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Clinger] for bringing this bill to the floor under an open…”

“again I want to thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Clinger] for bringing this bill to the floor under an open rule. That in itself is certainly a step in the right direction. We have had this discussion both in publicly and privately. I remain unconvinced that the language that you inserted is clear enough to keep a high-priced lawyer from going to the different cities and different States and saying, ``If you fix your sewage treatment plant, you're going to spend millions of dollars. Why don't you put me on a retainer for $10,000 and I'll keep this tied up in court for so long that it will be past your administration. It will be someone else's problem until you get it fixed.'' But we all know it is not someone else's problem. It is someone downstream's problem. I ask the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Clinger] for the sake of the people in this room to read the language that he thinks addresses the problem. Because I think they are going to find it as ambiguous as I did.”