If New York...does not care about environmental standards at all...does that not have impact on Pennsylvania's waters?

If--again, if that is true, then what is wrong with a minimum national standard?

Some regulations are grounded in science and in good sense, and in prudent public policy.

Do you not see Pennsylvania as a model for the rest of the country?

I would think it would be an equal tragedy if a legitimate employer were put out of work because he couldn't compete with an illegitimate employer.

I could not agree more with the premise of this hearing. Seaports are the critical hub of exports leaving and entering the United States.

I have to say I found your testimony quite gratifying for those of us who worked hard to see to it that we would make the transition, that we would make the public policy decision to move to 100 percent direct lending.

I think one of the best ways to solve a problem is to make sure you understand it.

We all recognize that we have a jobs crisis in this country.

The single greatest determinant of a student's ability to go to school is whether or not they can pay.

Republicans have passed a bill that would cut the Pell Grant maximum to $4,705 for next year.

If we were to eliminate or devastate the student financial aid program... that, too, would constitute a significant roadblock to student choice.

I have to say, I am troubled by what we are doing here.

I am particularly concerned about both the President's request for a significant cut in the SRF budget, and even more concerned about H.R. 1, which cuts it even more drastically.

regulations, frankly, are welcomed by Republicans, Democrats, liberals, conservatives, because they recognize that regulations are moving us forward.

the cuts voted on by the Majority will have significant adverse impacts on the economy, could result in additional job losses throughout the Nation, and place at risk the health of a greater number of families.

This popular bipartisan program provides valuable seed money to cities and towns throughout the country to restore abandoned or under-utilized properties.

This program, which was created by this committee to clean up the Nation's most toxic waste dumps, is critical for protecting public health and the environment.

the Majority has voted to pull back on EPA's compliance and enforcement capabilities, making it far more difficult for the Agency to identify and pursue serious violations impacting public health and the environment.

What I hear from my business leaders, more than anything else... is the necessity for additional Federal involvement in the area of wastewater infrastructure.

the environment is the economy and the economy is the environment.

I am not suggesting that every regulation is one that we ought to embrace or that every regulation is well-thought-out.

I am opposed to the President's cuts to the SRF, and I am opposed to the cuts that were included in H.R. 1.

H.R. 1, the bill I referred to, cuts $1.1 billion out of funding for Head Start, would disenfranchise 218,000 students who would otherwise be eligible for Head Start.

The fact that two witnesses recommended by the Minority are not here to testify today represents in my view a missed opportunity.