US House passed bill ravaging toxic-waste law - on same day as W. Virginia chemical spill

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US House passed bill ravaging toxic-waste law - on same day as W. Virginia chemical spill


Published time: January 11, 2014 02:50

As West Virginians were learning Thursday of a devastating chemical spill in the Elk River that has rendered water undrinkable for 300,000 people, the US House of Representatives was busy gutting federal hazardous-waste cleanup law.

The House passed the Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act that would ultimately eliminate requirements for the Environmental Protection Agency to review and update hazardous-waste disposal regulations in a timely manner, and make it more difficult for the government to compel companies that deal with toxic substances to carry proper insurance for cleanups, pushing the cost on to taxpayers.

In addition, the bill would result in slower response time in the case of a disaster, requiring increased consultation with states before the federal government calls for cleanup of Superfund sites - where hazardous waste could affect people and the environment.

/rt.com/usa/hazardous-toxic-waste-law-445/

[madamesilverspurs]

1. My alleged representative, Cory Gardner,

sponsored and introduced this legislation. He's quite proud of it, and boasts of it in his latest newsletter.

Just one more reason that I'm working to unseat him in November. He's a disaster for the planet.

[BodieTown]

6. Please Write to Him...

...tell him what you think of him, as your "representative".

He's a proud ALEC member (Koch sucker), cheerleader for Cruz, and all around a-hole. How did he get into office?

[Esse Quam Videri]

7. He's my idiot congress critter too.

Oh to be in Jared Polis' district.

[madamesilverspurs]

11. Get to know this man:

http://vicmeyers.org/

https://www.facebook.com/#!/VicMeyersForCongress

He was here at a meet-and-greet last night. Good man, running against Gardner. He's gaining support.

[malaise]

2. They don't care

These people have to be banished

[freshwest]

3. It's not a done deal as it has not passed the Senate and PBO is against it:

The bill is not expected to pass in the Senate, and the White House has already issued a veto threat.

"The bill's requirements could result in significant site cleanup delays, endangering public health and the environment," President Obama's advisers wrote in a statement of administration policy.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/09/house-superfund-bill_n_4571428.html

GOTV! Clean up the House in 2014!

[groundloop]

9. The House is just wasting time, putting on a show for the Kochs

Boner and Cantor know (or at least should know, if they're not totally delusional) that this shit will never pass the Senate or get the Presidents' signature. All the GOPers in the House are just stoking their tea-bagger credibility points.

[freshwest]

14. You nailed it. They're going to repeal the ACA again, too! LIke clockwork, on clock for the Koches.

And they will have no answer for why their great scheme would have prevented that chemical spill. No, wait! When I googled for the OP link one of the comments there said that Obama's environmentalist terrorists blew up the pipe or something to fund the EPA or make the public forget Benghazi, you know the drill.

They'll probably run on that. And the link I googled also gave their reasons for the bill. It's about 'Job creation,' you know. For bottled water, huh?

The GOP has NEVER shown a drop of sympathy for those impacted by their polluting pals, nor for 'God's Creation' they gleefully destroy for profit. their Gawd is the free market.

Rand Paul, who says that mountain top removal is good, instead of getting busy helping KY which is now affected by the spill, as well, is in Detroit doing the Koch brothers' work and pushing for 'free enterprise zones' in order to 'save Detroit.'

If these clowns weren't killing people and the planet, it'd be funny.

[defacto7]

12. Thanks G..... oodness!

Thanks for clarifying. I hadn't gotten to the article just the posts and I was about to explode.

[freshwest]

13. Just a quick google does it... Glad you didn't explode! n/t

[summerschild]

4. K & R

[Staph]

5. And worst of all,

all three of West Virginia's representatives, two Republicans and one Democrat, voted for it. They have to, if they expect to get re-elected this year in the face of overwhelming money from the coal companies and their toadies. The Koch Brothers and their ilk are trying very hard to get one of those Republicans, Shelley Moore Capito, elected to Jay Rockefeller's Senate seat. If you have a few spare bucks, consider donating directly to Natalie Tennant at http://www.natalietennant.com/ -- this West Virginian thanks you!

[Ilsa]

8. Invite them to come to Charleston and

Drink the filth. I would say send them a jar of it, but you'd probably be arrested.

[NBachers]

10. Each one of these jackals of poison and death should be made to roll in their own toxic filth.

[Wilms]

15. ^

[Scuba]

16. Kick