James Traficant: “Mr. Chairman, if there is any language that needs to simplify this, that expresses the legislative intent in debate here…”

“Mr. Chairman, if there is any language that needs to simplify this, that expresses the legislative intent in debate here today, I will not oppose it in conference. But the legislative intent and history is clear. Anybody downstream that would be subject to arsenic from the gentlewoman's debate here today would be eligible for notification and for compensation. That is the purpose. If there is language in here that is so nebulous that the gentlewoman from California feels that it may in fact negate that intention, then certainly, my request is to make those small minor adjustments to effect that legislative intent. But, Mr. Chairman, let me say this: When an average citizen's property is being limited or, in fact, the value is being diminished therein, they should get notice that such action is being taken and where they go for proper procedures. And if this amendment does not do that, then I do say to the drafters of the bill for those additional substantive language to be placed in there to, in fact, express that concern.”