Paul Tonko actually said...

"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."

"I am hopeful we can agree that this is a topic worthy of bipartisan examination."

"I do not think this action alone has resolved much related to the ongoing questions about the fate of nuclear waste."

"We have a long-term storage facility and yet we do not. We do not have interim storage facilities or a policy of establishing them, and yet we do."