"We know there are people living and residing within a mile of both of those sites."
"I am concerned that there are many hazardous sites in New Jersey that could be moving forward with cleanup but are not because funding is not available."
"this hearing is of great importance."
"I seem to see them now about every other year in New Jersey."
"When these sites are cleaned up, the opportunities flow for job creation, new tax revenues and most importantly, for healthier communities."
"I guess that is the anguish I feel today and the more I have dug into this issue over the previous months."
"Both orphan sites, as we said, are shovel-ready but remediation hasn't started because of lack of funding."
"I'd like to get an update on the cleanup status of some of the Superfund sites actually in New Jersey."
"This is a direct threat to our national security and towns and cities across the Country."
"I appreciate the two of you coming and providing testimony on what I believe are unacceptable public health crises in our Nation right now in which the anguish and the pain of families dealing with th..."
"The President's budget suggests doing it both ways. I would like your response to focusing on those polluting industries that produce tar sands, arsenic and the like."