Hon. Michael G. Oxley: “Let me point out, I pointed out in my response about that letter; I referenced the fact that Chairman Bliley, Chairman…”

“Let me point out, I pointed out in my response about that letter; I referenced the fact that Chairman Bliley, Chairman Shuster, and I sent a letter to the gentleman from California in my remarks and recognize that they have a job to do as well, and they recognize that the program as it is now constituted is simply not working. And so they said to us, ``Look, you get your act together, get a good bill passed, and we will reconsider the kind of money that will be available in the Superfund Program.'' I think that is entirely, entirely reasonable. As a matter of fact, the bill that the gentleman from Michigan referred to we all worked very hard on, did not pass.”