04/27/2010
https://www.congress.gov...
"Modernization, however, must reflect, as you have said, Senator Lautenberg, the importance of the chemical industry to society and the need to maintain and indeed, encourage, innovation."
"Clean, safe drinking water is essential in our health and especially for the well-being of our children."
"What we are doing is, we are simply overriding, saying, look, the EPA scientists, court decisions, they don't mean anything."
"Since 2004, more than 62 million Americans have been exposed to drinking water that meets EPA standards but actually contains potentially harmful contaminants."