"Thank you for the opportunity to submit this written testimony. In particular, as a citizen of Oregon and member of this community, I want to recognize and thank Chair DeFazio for his longstanding and..."
"Stock buybacks are a greedy tool that has assisted in massive inequality and growing poverty."
"This plan first codified in the CARES Act... stopped growing inequality as aviation was the only industry not to increase inequality between frontline workers and executives during the pandemic."
"I have served here a long time, 36 years. We made one major attempt at reauthorizing the Clean Water Act when Bud Shuster was the chair."
"Now, I agree with the ranking member when he says he wants it to be more effective. I do, too."
"I would like for all the waters of the U.S. to not be impaired."
"So much of our society is dependent upon clean water: fishable, swimmable, drinkable, farmable."
"I am very disturbed at the general trend we have seen here, the mythology around the rule."
"It was really, really poorly written."
"He would be categorically exempt."
"Let's find out afterwards. How much of the wetlands have we destroyed?"
"I really don't think--and it's like a few other things that have gone on around here in DC this last year--that the American people are going to want to know that suddenly, the local industry can just..."