Earl Blumenauer: “I think the item that frustrates me the most is not the governor of Texas' poor environmental record, lack of…”

“I think the item that frustrates me the most is not the governor of Texas' poor environmental record, lack of leadership; but it is the lack of perception and passion about protecting the environment that I personally find most disturbing. It seems to a casual observer at least that he seems unaware of Texas' serious environmental problems. Where is his outrage and his concern being expressed that under his leadership Houston has become the city with the Nation's worst air quality? This environmental indifference, if combined with the typical Republican leadership that we have seen in Congress in the last 6 years, could be disastrous.”