Paul Tonko actually said...

"President Obama realizes this and has offered a modest, balanced plan to reduce greenhouse gases and to rebuild and redesign the modern and resilient infrastructure that we require for the future."

"Any effort to reform TSCA should protect the hard work States have devoted to protecting their citizens from the risks of dangerous chemicals."

"Even when it becomes common knowledge that a chemical is harmful, the Environmental Protection Agency does not have sufficient authority to restrict or ban that chemical from the market."

"Under the current law, individual States retain sufficient authority to act independently on behalf of their citizens."