Michael Regan

It is vital for public health and for our economy. Our Nation's water infrastructure is crumbling, which will have an impact on our global competitiveness.

I have met with so many mothers whose children are lead-poisoned, and we are seeing lead-poisoned children all over this country.

We would have significant impacts to our water quality. Emerging contaminants like PFAS would run amok.

If we do not follow the science and have qualified people in these positions, Americans will die.

None of the groups that were presented there have received one dime from EPA.

It is vitally important that every single person in this country has access to clean drinking water--clean, affordable drinking water.

We are saving lives, and we are putting pragmatic, practical regulations in place so that we can provide many of our industries regulatory certainty.

Americans are already starting to see higher prices and fewer choices because of regulation, and we can expect it will only get worse as these rules really kick into high gear.

I think what we want to do is to ensure that we are meeting the letter of the law with as much flexibility as possible.

First of all, I think implementing strongly these new safety plans is going to be a key part of that. There is no worse recruiting tool than the media reports we see of busdrivers getting beat up or spit on or ultimately--or even…

We can't have meetings like the one you just said we're going to have. We can't have our regional experts go down Bithlo and talk through how to solve these solutions.

Congress has done an excellent job in the Inflation Reduction Act, awarding $3 billion for environmental justice projects.

Justice40 is the floor for us.

Congressman Bill Johnson did an excellent job representing that constituency and bringing people to the table that my staff met with.

We run the risk of not seeing those celebrations if we have a shutdown. Simply put, the work just can't get done.

Communities will be left behind if the government shuts down, but those communities that are already disproportionately impacted will be further left behind.

I'm gravely concerned as well. You know, I think the EPA has a mission to protect public health and the environment.

Cuts in this area are at a significant cost to the people that rely on the Great Lakes for recreation and for sustenance.

the $50 billion that we received from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to focus on our failing water infrastructure was a huge shot in the arm

what I'm hoping is that Congress will see that EPA has used these resources strategically and wisely

I think the idea that we should have Congress sort of establishing a bare minimum of what should be expected for this vital workforce...

Yes, I would argue that the--we have enforcement discretion, and so we've sent that guidance out.

I'm the Administrator. I'm accountable.

Anything that we finalize will not degradate the beneficial use of control burns, prescribed burns, and would be able to deal with wildfires.