"When that regulation comes down, we will know whether you are going to regulate it, which I think you should do, and whether it should be hazardous waste, which I think it should not be."
"It will take strong national emission controls on coal plants for us to be able to meet your upcoming stricter local standards."
"Our goal is not to eliminate surface mining of coal but to limit the practice of blowing off the top of a mountain and dumping the fill in streams."
"I support efforts in the Congress to make that the responsibility of Congress to deal with rather than the EPA"
"The purpose of our legislation is to fix that problem."
"I appreciate the difficult financial environment."
"I just want to be real careful that any Federal action we take does not discourage, that we actually should be encouraging it."
"I would simply like to encourage you to, wherever appropriate, work in partnership with universities in States like the University of Tennessee or the State of Tennessee or other States and universiti..."
"The administration's proposal to cut State regulatory grants... is completely unrealistic."
"Would it not be wiser to establish zones or areas and say these are appropriate places, rather than just let entrepreneurs who might be attracted by a 3 cent per kilowatt hour Federal subsidy to come ..."
"I'm very supportive of the Federal side of LWCF, but as a former Governor, I can't overstate how important the stateside grant program is for recreation, habitat and open spaces."