On the recordOctober 6, 2015
I say to Senator Whitehouse, thank you so much. I just want to say about Senator Whitehouse--I mean, this bill would not be where it is today had we not had that trio working in the Environment and Public Works Committee. I really believe that. They took the bill that was coming up, we had a hearing on it, and they really analyzed it and applied all the principles Senator Whitehouse and I have both talked about, and they came up with a very significant improvement. We are here today because of his hard work. I have been very open. I think Senator Vitter, who will join us in a minute, has been very open. Both of us said: Give us your ideas, give us your input, and we are going to take a look at it. We got technical advice from the EPA and asked, ``Will this work?'' because they are over there running this bureau. So the Senator should feel very good about moving it down the field to the point where we are today.
