John Chafee: “Would there be an increased risk to public health, if the Administrator uses this authority to select a less stringent…”

Those are not Democratic ideas. Those were proposed by Republican leadership actually in the Congress at the time.

In other words, if the fines cannot be levied, there is really no real requirement that the community obey? I think that follows; otherwise, what is the incentive for them to obey? If they do not obey there is no penalty?

I think we have a lot of requirements in the United States Government. We are spending more than we take in; that when we have a chance to hold the line, we ought to hold the line. And people can label lovely things with terms like…

It seems that the problems man creates for our planet are never-ending. But we have found solutions for prior difficulties, and we will for these as well.