Cynthia M. Lummis

The question comes from someone who is concerned that environmental justice is being used as a term to steer resources toward low income urban areas at the expense of rural areas.

So, you mentioned the MCLs, but you also mentioned CERCLA. The role of CERCLA in this is that water systems could bear the liability costs, correct, if EPA moves forward with designating certain PFAS compounds as hazardous substances?

And normally, under CERCLA, the polluter pays, but if the substance is there, and the polluter can't be identified, the ratepayer could pay. Correct?

Water is the key to life.

Congress must find ways to ensure that we are not simply transferring our obligations to future generations.

I, too, am concerned about the national security threat posed by the export of Americans' personal data.

The Lummis-Gillibrand Financial Innovation Act will be reintroduced soon, and it will include an entirely new title on combatting illicit finance.

I am proud to cosponsor the Financial Regulators Transparency Act with Chair Warren and Senators Rounds and Tillis on this Subcommittee.

It has been a true source of frustration for us that our letters requesting information go unaddressed and unanswered.

We must modernize our enforcement rules to match the size and complexity of banks with billions of dollars in assets.

We need to strengthen our financial watchdogs' ability to impose fines, ban bad actors from the banking industry.

We cannot--we will not--let that happen again.

I have been talking to many of my colleagues about this, including the Ranking Member, and I know there is bipartisan interest.

I believe it is possible for us to come together to reauthorize and to improve this program.

Home ownership is important to build strong communities and access to home ownership helps families remain in those communities.

I look forward to picking up where you and Senator Rounds, through your good work, left off in the last Congress.

Thank you all kindly for being here. I appreciate your hard work in this area.

I really look forward to picking up where you and Senator Rounds, and your good work left off in the last year, and moving forward with you and this Subcommittee on this topic.

I am very glad that this bill also expands the successful pilot program that Senator Rounds, Senator Lummis, and I have championed to help Native home buyers buy homes in their communities.