Political Quotes

“I will read the last paragraph again to show you that we have not come very far since that first exchange of correspondence that I had with EPA back in September of last year. Here is the last paragraph: We fully intend to go forward with all of the training, education, compliance assistance and flexible-- Flexible-- focused enforcement activities planned for the Worker Protection Standard. We continue to be committed to working with all interested parties in ensuring responsible and reasonable implementation of this important regulation. Everything in there sounds pretty good unless you stop to think about this phrase: ``* * * flexible focused enforcement activities.'' Nobody knows what that means. After all of these months trying to understand the EPA's intentions, and whether there would be a period for training and developing equipment designed to meet the regulations that are being implemented, farmers and agriculture agencies around the country are still perplexed. It seems to me, Mr. President, and those who have joined in writing these letters, that Senators ought to cosponsor this amendment and delay the enforcement of these regulations for a period of time within which we can do these things that EPA says are necessary. I am going to again read what we want to have done. It is in the last paragraph of this policy statement: * * * training, education, compliance assistance. That is what we need before the regulations are in enforced.…”