"Critical infrastructure represents a wide range of industries, and interestingly, many fall under the jurisdiction of E&C."
"Not a single witness gave unqualified support to the bills we are examining today."
"It would--I mean, yes."
"Simple is not an adjective I usually associate with Superfund, and I hope we are not embarking on an effort that will negate the progress we have made on site cleanups and the reuse of brown fields."
"I appreciate your willingness to accommodate the desire of the subcommittee members to hear from witnesses about the current status of this program."
"Those recyclers have gone to court over EPA's failure to meet a statutory deadline that they say has constrained the recycling of coal ash with the attendant result of wasted resources, adverse econom..."
"So then what problems would arise if Congress did indeed lift this bar and allowed judicial review of cleanup remedies?"
"the basic policy behind Superfund is that polluters should pay for their pollution."
"We also received testimony last week that a responsible party could have a financial incentive to go to court to delay cleanup."
"I think we should be very careful about potentially creating new avenues for litigation that can allow polluters to delay cleanups."
"Yes, that is correct."