"a year in which we will all dedicate ourselves to make our communities, our States, our country and the world a better place."
"Senator Merkley championed increased funding within PL- 566 for Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations."
"There is a critical need for us to address these abandoned mines, to clean them up, to stop them from polluting our waters."
"This is not protection for kind of going in and re-mining, but this is truly about cleanup."
"The stream that ran through that village was completely dead, no fish, nothing lived in it."
"Thank you."
"Senator, I think it goes back to something I suggested earlier. The Clean Water Act and CERCLA are two of our most important environmental laws."
"The liability relief that Good Samaritans want is something that we support and want to work to make sure that any bill that passes gives that liability relief but also really protects water and commu..."
"Ultimately the beauty of this bill is that it is 15 pilots over 7 years."
"If we do nothing, if we don't have this bill, is it fair to say that very few remediation projects will take place?"
"So I would hope that inaction is not an option."
"Thank you very much, Senator Kelly. Thank you for your hard work to address this really critical challenge."