On the recordDecember 8, 2011
I rise in support of the amendment that the gentleman from Arizona has brought to the floor. Mr. Chairman, this amendment would add a sense of Congress to this piece of legislation that the EPA should approach and exclude exceptional events and have a provision such as this. It would give us a consistent and a transparent manner for dealing with these events. Certainly, rural America and other parts of America need the certainty that the regulation is not triggered by natural events that are out of our control.