"the test for me in addressing PFAS contamination is not the number of bills we pass or the creative ways we try to shoehorn solutions into existing statutes; rather, it is whether the response we provide can be reasonable, reliable, and responsible remedial efforts that get help to people sooner rat..."
"We need to contain the existing damage and fix the demonstrated problem before us."
"I think we have--let's--we need to slow this train down just a little bit, do a better analysis."
"We can take an action in America and deal with it, but until there is a global consciousness of this--and we are importing--we are still going to have this exposure to it."
"I may be at odds with my party, but I am also, I am at odds with this whole issue trying to understand it as an engineer."
"I think we better--you explain. Is there a way we can approach this from a global perspective?"
"A prolific number of small refinery exemptions issued has undermined the renewable fuels standards, caused significant demand destruction across the biofuel industries, and has hurt our farmers."
"I thank you, Chairman Rush, Ranking Member Upton, for holding this important hearing today."
"There is a significant concern in the biofuels community, which includes our corn and soybean farmers."
"My home State of Iowa, as you know, leads the Nation in biofuels production."
"The citizens of New York need to be engaged in this conversation as well about the cost of their energy."