Political Quotes

“It strikes me there are analogies here to the Great Lakes initiative where we have had some indication what the cost might be, but the costs became wildly beyond anybody's wildest dreams what it might actually involve. At any rate, Mr. chairman, I must oppose the amendment, as the gentleman from New Jersey has indicated, that that State, New Jersey, has adopted pathogen criteria on their water quality standards. That is certainly something every State can and perhaps should consider, but what this amendment would do would be to force that, would make other States do precisely the same thing. As I say, New Jersey may, and obviously does, consider it useful to have pathogen criteria, but other States may disagree or may have different criteria that they would prefer to pursue. Point sources do not discharge pathogens. It is a very difficult task, sometimes almost impossible, to determine the source, so it is really unclear how a State may meet a pathogen standard if forced to adopt one, which this amendment would ultimately require, a forced adoption of pathogen standards.”