Maria Cantwell actually said...

I think it's time for us to get realistic about providing the resources that the EPA needs.

The success of our manufacturing sector is vital to our economy.

These manufacturing jobs, because of the wages they pay, help people who come from working class backgrounds make it to the middle class.

Manufacturing is responsible for more than 12,000,000 American jobs and is contributing more than $2 trillion to the U.S. economy.