Frank Pallone actually said...

"The other concern I have is that now that Brazil has banned asbestos mining all of the asbestos that is going to continue to flow into the United States will come from Russia."

"I think this is because Nancy Beck, a former lobbyist for the chemical industry, was allowed to completely rewrite the rules in flagrant violation of ethics rules."

"Unfortunately, your EPA's work on asbestos, in my opinion, clearly illustrates the problems in how you are implementing the act."

"Do you think you can just ignore certain things that are inconvenient for the industry?"