Now, I have not witnessed this with my own eyes, but I have read and I have heard from other Members that the lobbyists themselves are now writing the legislation and giving it to Members to present. Have you heard that? ... I am not saying the Clean Water Act is perfect the way it is, but a reading by an impartial person of what went through that committee yesterday will say, whoa, are we going back to 1955 when the Cuyahoga River was flammable? Are we going back to the days in Oregon when the Willamette River was an open sewer?
Bernie Sanders: “Now, I have not witnessed this with my own eyes, but I have read and I have heard from other Members that the lobbyists…”
On the recordApril 6, 1995
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Discussing the influence of lobbyists on legislation related to environmental protections.
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