Political Quotes

“Justice O'Connor has stated it quite explicitly that we have that authority, and I am suggesting that prudence would lead us to a position that would say, let us exercise the authority that the Supreme Court has held that we can possess under the Constitution in a way that decentralizes decisionmaking, that lets local communities, with locally elected officials, take into account their local conditions. For instance, we are about to say to one of the fastest growing communities in my State, Volusia County, which contains cities such as Daytona Beach and Ormond Beach and DeLand--a very rapidly growing area--that they cannot engage in flow control as a means of managing their solid waste in such a way as to give maximum protection to their vulnerable underground water supply. I do not know why we in Washington feel that we know more about the sensibilities, the economics, the values, the environment, the public health threat of the people in Volusia County than their locally elected officials.”