Bud Shuster: “I have great regard for the gentlewoman from Maryland. I know that the Chesapeake Bay is incredibly important to not…”

“I have great regard for the gentlewoman from Maryland. I know that the Chesapeake Bay is incredibly important to not only Maryland, but the United States. The watershed I live in, much of it drains into the Susquehanna that flows into the Chesapeake, so we are very concerned in Pennsylvania about wanting to have clean water. We also want to have an agriculture community prospering in Pennsylvania. They spent millions of dollars to try to clean it up. Again, this notion that we haven't seen the rule is not that clear because we have. It is not clear to what the Democrats are saying. What we are saying is we have seen a proposed rule. We have seen a proposed rule. Because they are not going to make substantial changes to the proposed rule, that means, if they were making substantial changes, they would have to come back and reopen this up and have a significant comment period, but they are not doing that. Basically, the proposed rule is going to be very similar to the final rule. That is what scares the heck out of people--the farmers, builders, people across this country, landowners. This bill does force the EPA and the Corps to go back in and talk to the stakeholders because of the million comments. Seventy percent were ignored. They said revise or significantly change this. They ignored 70 percent of those million comments. I am encouraging all Members to support this.…”