John Barrasso actually said...

"I really commend the six States that joined together to address the Chesapeake Bay and to try to set levels for both point source and non-point source type of discharge into the Chesapeake Bay."

"This response is wholly inefficient, unacceptable, and unnecessary. It evidences the continued hostility on the part of the EPA to the acceptance of the mission established by Congress."

"For the past 8 years the EPA has given no indication at all that it cares about the economic impact of its policies."

"The regulatory overreach of the EPA has contributed to economic devastation in my State of West Virginia and my region."