Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 2 minutes. I would just say to my friend that Senator Inhofe and Senator Alexander are cosponsors of this bill. I think those two gentlemen, very conservative gentlemen, I think my friend would agree, have looked at the bill and are cosponsors of the bill. I would also say to my friend that I would be happy to share a copy of my letter from the Plumbing Manufacturers Institute with him if he would like to share a letter that he has from anyone who contradicts this. I believe we have shared this letter with your staff, and I hope you would look it over. I would say to the gentleman and my colleagues, Mr. Speaker, I think we should try to do the best we can do for the American people when it comes to their health. It is true that a handful of States have already adopted lower standards, but it is just a handful of States. We have 50 States, and over 40 still have not done this. So I think it is important we set a national standard. This will in effect set a national standard which uses the best technologies available to get us as low as we can based on what we know today. The industry has said that we can do this at minimal cost to the industry. We force no individual to buy replacements. This is something people can choose to do if they want to. I think most families will take advantage of this.…”