Heidi Heitkamp actually said...

"It's very telling when you have a Democrat Senator who is generally supportive of the EPA's efforts calling the final rule a 'slap in the face.'"

"If we were in compliance before doing what we are doing, then how can we so dramatically be out of compliance right now?"

"We all agree, hopefully, here that a guidance does not have the full force and effect of law, right?"

"But, we should know what those requirements are from both the statute and the substantive rulemaking, and when it seems like we cross that rubicon, when we stop thinking that this is helpful in interp..."