For years, I have introduced a Superfund Polluter Pays Act, which would reauthorize the original Superfund fees.
The polluters that caused this problem need to be the ones that pay for it.
As Congressman Pallone has said, the responsible parties will do things to stall or delay.
I think that is just fundamentally wrong. The cost of cleanup should be paid for those who get rich off contaminating these sites.
Superfund cleanups are essential for protecting public health and funding has been cut considerably over the last decade.
We appreciate your testimony. This committee, especially the subcommittee, we just really had a pretty good successful run on reforming the ...
I just hope that we will all work together to do the most important thing that we can do and that is reinstate the Superfund tax.
I want to thank Bob Spiegel, my constituent for testifying before the subcommittee today.
Caps always fail. It is just a question of when.
The Superfund Program is critical to cleaning up the most toxic sites across our country and these sites are shockingly common in my home St...
Congress needs to reinstate the 'polluter pays' taxes so those industries most responsible for polluting our land and water are held respons...