Political Quotes

“I have an amendment at the desk that has been approved by the Rules Committee. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 7, after line 24, insert the following: (c) Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing Within the Susquehanna, Delaware, and Potomac River Basins.--Section 5019 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-114) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(f) Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing.--Notwithstanding any provision of the Susquehanna River Basin Compact to which consent was given by Public Law 91-575 (84 Stat. 1509), the Delaware River Basin Compact to which consent was given by Public Law 87-328 (75 Stat. 688), or the Potomac River Basin Compact to which consent was given by Public Law 91-407 (84 Stat. 856), the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, the Delaware River Basin Commission, and the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, as applicable, may not finalize, implement, or enforce any regulation relating to hydraulic fracturing that is issued pursuant to any authority other than that of the State in which the regulation is to be implemented or enforced.''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 260, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Perry) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Pennsylvania.”