Earl Blumenauer: “And work to make sure that they have the resources to do their jobs…”

On the recordOctober 4, 2011

And work to make sure that they have the resources to do their jobs right, and to stop making them political footballs. I've had my disagreements over the years with EPA, but I respect the men and women who work there. I understand the pressures they're under, and Congress is not helping them do their job any better. And this would be a dramatic step backward. Mercifully, it won't go any place in the Senate, and the President would veto it anyway. But, we should understand what is going on.

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Earl Blumenauer

Democratic · Oregon

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Oct 4, 2011

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