Lee Zeldin
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reach a conclusion and have a judgment and a decision.
reach a conclusion and have a judgment and a decision.
reach a conclusion and have a judgment and a decision.
You know what's amazing about your great question is that when we made our announcement just over three weeks ago, there were people who were responding to the announcement showing pictures of you know, water quality in 1969 and saying that if you change these rules that, you know, America's land, air, and water are going to go back a half a century.
You know what's amazing about your great question is that when we made our announcement just over three weeks ago, there were people who were responding to the announcement showing pictures of you know, water quality in 1969 and saying that if you change these rules that, you know, America's land, air, and water are going to go back a half a century.
You know what's amazing about your great question is that when we made our announcement just over three weeks ago, there were people who were responding to the announcement showing pictures of you know, water quality in 1969 and saying that if you change these rules that, you know, America's land, air, and water are going to go back a half a century.
We're talking about rules that were enacted over the course of the last year or two. So what we announced just over three weeks ago, almost every single regulation that we discussed having a reconsideration of are regulations that are not from the 70s. They're not from the 80s. They're from the last 12 to 24 months.
We're talking about rules that were enacted over the course of the last year or two. So what we announced just over three weeks ago, almost every single regulation that we discussed having a reconsideration of are regulations that are not from the 70s. They're not from the 80s. They're from the last 12 to 24 months.
We're talking about rules that were enacted over the course of the last year or two. So what we announced just over three weeks ago, almost every single regulation that we discussed having a reconsideration of are regulations that are not from the 70s. They're not from the 80s. They're from the last 12 to 24 months.
Well, I just signed off on one for the Delaware River Basin.
Well, I just signed off on one for the Delaware River Basin.
Well, I just signed off on one for the Delaware River Basin.
And this was a decision for me as the administrator to make, and I could have went one in a couple of different directions. What decision did I make? It was the one to have the stricter standards put on these plants to improve water quality. So that's an example. I'm about to go to South California,
And this was a decision for me as the administrator to make, and I could have went one in a couple of different directions. What decision did I make? It was the one to have the stricter standards put on these plants to improve water quality. So that's an example. I'm about to go to South California,
And this was a decision for me as the administrator to make, and I could have went one in a couple of different directions. What decision did I make? It was the one to have the stricter standards put on these plants to improve water quality. So that's an example. I'm about to go to South California,
where there's a big issue across boundary with Mexico, in Tijuana, where they are dumping raw sewage. It's a complicated issue. For decades, raw sewage has been coming across the border into Southern California.
where there's a big issue across boundary with Mexico, in Tijuana, where they are dumping raw sewage. It's a complicated issue. For decades, raw sewage has been coming across the border into Southern California.
where there's a big issue across boundary with Mexico, in Tijuana, where they are dumping raw sewage. It's a complicated issue. For decades, raw sewage has been coming across the border into Southern California.
Yes. I mean, you have a lot of people who are living just across the border. They have to see it. They have to smell it. They live with it. They don't want to have to live with it. And they've been looking for action for a long time. And I think now is the time. What can you do about it? There's a few different things.
Yes. I mean, you have a lot of people who are living just across the border. They have to see it. They have to smell it. They live with it. They don't want to have to live with it. And they've been looking for action for a long time. And I think now is the time. What can you do about it? There's a few different things.