Peter DeFazio actually said...

"Bristol Bay deserves a particularly hard look. It is an important economic driver for both the State of Alaska and the entire Pacific Northwest."

"You know, it's been said that this is this national war, this Federal agency coming in to a place where it is not wanted."

"Isn't it true that there would be hundreds of thousands of tons of toxic tailings or potentially leachate tailings, that would have to be sequestered forever, in order not to impact water quality?"

"The Chief wants to go in, do a thorough survey of the damage, plot the whole mosaic of the burn."