Paul Tonko actually said...

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

"Our current path of inaction leaves tremendous opportunities for job creation, for social progress, and for economic growth untapped."

"The Toxic Substances Control Act has not worked well. We have too little information about many of the chemicals we encounter every day."

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