Frank Pallone actually said...

"It just doesn't make sense to cut back on the money that we could spend to clean up these sites."

"I mean you wouldn't deny that we have a lot of these where we need more funding to proceed, right?"

"I guess my concern is, I think there is a real risk that you are declaring some of these sites ready for reuse by lowering the cleanup standards."

"But why are you proposing a cut of $112 million?"