Paul Tonko actually said...

"The good news is that sites are being cleaned up. When sites are cleaned up, the surrounding community benefits from a cleaner, healthier environment, and returning abandoned, contaminated land to pro..."

"Thank you, and good morning. I thank Chair Shimkus and Chair Whitfield for holding this hearing."

"Thank you for your leadership and your obvious grasp of the issues is a tremendous benefit to EPA."

"I would like to see us become less dependent on oil, imported or domestic, but that has not yet been achieved."