Jay Inslee: “I do care about the mercury contamination which this country will be experiencing because of the attempted sellout by…”

“I do care about the mercury contamination which this country will be experiencing because of the attempted sellout by this administration to special interests which will result in more mercury in the blood of young children in America. If that sounds like a strong statement it is, and it is true. But one of my concerns here is this is not just the only instance when this administration has knuckled under to the interests of special interests on K Street rather than the public interest which is supposed to be expressed on Independence Avenue where the U.S. Capitol is located. I just want to say that this is not, unfortunately, an aberration of this administration's sellout to special interests, to ignore science, to ignore clear health implications. It is consistent with their pattern of neglect of science and they are showing great attention to special interests. They need to do it the other way around. We need an administration that will show special sensitivity to health interests and ignore special interests on occasion. They have got it exactly backwards.”