"I am from South Dakota, so it is a landlocked State, so I don't hear a lot from my constituents about the National Ocean Policy."
"if this Administration doesn't utilize the authority that Congress has given them, we may take congressional action in this area."
"What is stopping us and causing us to lose this battle is the NEPA process."
"there hasn't been that kind of scientific research and data that has shown the detrimental effects of this nuisance dust"
"The very last thing that our struggling economy needs is new costs and regulatory burdens on farmers and small businesses across rural America."
"There is growing concern that excess regulations are hampering economic growth and job creation across the country."
"My bill is a bipartisan approach to ending the EPA's regulation of farm dust in rural America while still maintaining the protections of the Clean Air Act to the public health and welfare."
"I certainly believe that the title of the bill and the language of the bill is very clear that it means to address farm dust and nuisance dust throughout the piece of legislation."
"Well, there are 100 cosponsors that are signed on to the bill."
"What my statement was or should have been was that the scientific research is very different showing the detrimental effects of urban dust versus rural dust."
"Well, Representative Waxman, that editor of that newspaper certainly doesn't represent my farmers and ranchers across South Dakota."