Jack Reed actually said...

"it is very critical to my part of the country, your part of the country."

"It is just baffling to see the administration ignore this at a time when every part of this Nation... needs plumbing."

"We worked awfully hard, Senator Murkowski and I, to ensure that there were adequate resources for EPA facing significant challenges."

"Is this something you are going to insist that they continue through other sources?"