Speech #1050120738

And that Is my fear about this parttcular legislittion. If we approve I his legislation. we ate creating it sot of inuetltivos. and among those Incentives are an interest of some people in taking the reporting requirements less serlously. anti. in my opinion. that hurts the legltimato sinall hustliehs owner who Is ot vthere trying to conlply with tile law. and helps those who are trylng to get away with one thing or other. As my colleagues know. thie Departinelt. of lustice has also sad itat this bill could interfere with the war oil drugs. hinder efforts to control illegal immigration. undermine food safety protections.. hamper programs to protect children and pregnant mothers from lead poisoning. and undercut controls and fraud againlst consumers and tie United States. I att very concerned about tilts bill in a number of different respects. and I want to turn to one of them In particular. We have a set of protections that. are dosigned to protect. our sate drinking water. and selftnunitortig and reporting arc the foundations of tile Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act. heme reporting rqulrements are designted to give State and Fedural etnvironmlltal protection officials knowledge of environmental compliance before any harm occurs.