Eliot Engel: “But, I think what this legislation also does is, if something is not fully funded, it makes it very, very hard to do.…”

“But, I think what this legislation also does is, if something is not fully funded, it makes it very, very hard to do. Frankly, I am not afraid of unfunded mandates. I am afraid that the ruse of unfunded mandates is going to be used to prevent Federal action on clean water, clean air, the environment, and all the things that I know we need. And that is why I think the gentleman's proposal makes infinite sense.”