Patrick Leahy actually said...

The EPA is providing critical support for States and regions across the country working to clean up our lakes, our rivers, our estuaries.

As an American, I liked the fact that America was the leader, the world leader, in the environment.

Clean air and water, and the monitoring and the science that help achieve that, are the real priorities of the American people.

We are not looking for a one size fits all, but we want to have the remedies we had in the Violence Against Women Act that we all voted for ...