Peter Barca: “I rise today to strongly support elevating the EPA to a Cabinet level status. The time has come to prioritize clean air…”

“I rise today to strongly support elevating the EPA to a Cabinet level status. The time has come to prioritize clean air and clean water for future generations. We must remember that we have an obligation to be good stewards of this Earth, but also, Mr. Speaker, in this day and age we must be good fiscal stewards. As a member of Unfunded Mandates Caucus, it is my hope we will strongly support the measure to require the EPA to develop a strategy to ease the unfunded mandates places upon our State and local governments. Mr. Speaker, hopefully we will soon pass a very strong bill, a bill that is fiscally responsible and is environmentally responsible.”