"I am, as you know, a fan of yours because of the work that you have done."
"I called it a plague, the likes of which has never been seen in the history of man."
"What it does to the threats to childhood growth and health is awful."
"Few issues are of the importance that a clean environment is to our State, free of toxics, free of pollution."
"I am delighted to be able to greet Lisa Jackson to this Committee."
"I think it is a testament to her that those members of our State who have been victims of the only Superfund site that was ever closed and reopened are here today in testament to the type of leadershi..."
"I think the most important thing to glean from her resume is that she has helped our home State in becoming one of the most environmentally aware and environmentally responsible States in the Nation."
"Global warming, for example, the most serious environmental threat that we face, we haven't done very much at the Federal level."
"The last 8 years, in my view, at EPA, have been very disappointing."
"The current Administration has also failed to provide sufficient funding to run the Superfund program."
"We are going to work with you. We know each other and I feel in some ways like you are part of my group."