Frank Pallone: “Mr. Chairman, I am somewhat amazed by what I am hearing on the other side, because earlier today when we discussed my…”

“Mr. Chairman, I am somewhat amazed by what I am hearing on the other side, because earlier today when we discussed my amendment that simply would have required that this $861 million in contingency money for the Superfund Program be simply put to use this year to fund the Superfund Program and to make it possible to work on new sites and continue work on existing sites where work has already started, what I was hearing from my friends on the other side of the aisle in opposition to it, basically I got the impression they were denying that this money would ultimately be used for a rebate program that gives money back to the polluters. But having listened to some of the debate tonight, it seems like just the opposite. I do not know if anyone has specifically admitted on the other side that that is what this money would be used for, but they certainly do not seem to indicate that is a problem, using it for that purpose. Mr. Chairman, we cannot have it both ways.”