Earl Blumenauer actually said...

"This controversial decision is controversial because people claim it is controversial."

"No funds have been appropriated by Congress for this activity, in the nearly six years since the law was passed."

"I hope that we are not backing away from the responsibility of the Department of Defense for pollution that is across the country in every state."

"Part of what is coming clear to me is that there is a fundamental flaw in the way that we have allowed a clear statute to be modified by a regulation that invites abuse."