I thank you all, and let's work together to get this done.
Seeing this as a wakeup call, do you think that this should be considered the same as the national disaster?
I can't imagine why we wouldn't have shut it down. That is common sense, that you shut down the system.
So nobody is going to say it is safe. That is what I am hearing from everybody here.
The bottom line is that no West Virginian or American should have to worry about the contamination of their water supply...
This is a wakeup call for this country.
If you can't do it right, don't do it. If it is not safe, don't do it.
I will be introducing the Ensuring Access to Clean Water Act when I return to Washington this evening.
We need to learn from West Virginia and American Water when it learned of Freedom's spill.
Why should we be relying on them for any information?
Do you agree that we should have long-term monitoring in the valley here for the people in the affected areas?