Hon. Michael G. Oxley: “this is the coloring book, and let me quote from the book where Mother Mouse meets the U.S. EPA remediation workers: She…”

“this is the coloring book, and let me quote from the book where Mother Mouse meets the U.S. EPA remediation workers: She was smiling and humming when all of a sudden she heard someone coming. She saw a strange sight. ``Oh my. What a fright!'' Two people wore white suits with hoods on their heads and gloves on their hands. ``They're creatures from Mars,'' she screamed. ``Quick. Get in the house. Pull tight the laces. Don't make a sound. Stay in your places.'' ``But we know them--they're keen!'' the children cried out. ``They're the Superfund Team! The Superfund Team!'' the kids said with a shout. This is actually a publication of the government of the United States of America. We have established a special hazardous waste cleanup program with its own taxes to pay for the self-promotion of the Environmental Protection Agency. The sad part is that in real life the men in white suits do not show up for years while mother and the children still live by the contamination. Let us not waste time on coloring books, outrageous delays, endless lawsuits and bureaucratic bickering. Let us clean up the pollution for a change. Contaminated sites are still sitting around as giant festering sores on the landscape primarily because of the contentiousness Superfund's liability system causes.”