John Chafee: “This is not a matter of Chicken Little telling us the sky is falling. The scientific evidence is telling us we have a…”

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…

I think we are embarking on an unusual path for the Federal Government to require compliance: When it is granting a substantial sum of money but not 100 percent that it cannot make any requirement. Maybe the thing should be reversed. Maybe…

One final question on cost considerations. In considering the cost savings that may be realized from selecting less stringent standards, what size systems is the Administrator to consider?

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