James Jeffords
James Jeffords
James Merrill "Jim" Jeffordswas a U.S. Senator from Vermont. Sworn in to the Senate in 1989, he served as a Republican until 2001, when he left the party to become an Independent and began caucusing with the Democrats. Jeffords retired from the Senate in 2007. Prior to the Senate, he served as the U.S. Representative for Vermont's at-large congressional district from 1975 to 1989...
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I gave my word to the president that I would not intercept or try to intervene in the signing of that bill.
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The administration has curtailed public access to that information which has been available to us for years,
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The community right to know act will become the community right to know every other year act, ... This proposal would deny communities up-to-date information about local toxic releases, reduce incentives to minimize the generation of toxic waste and undermine the ability of public health agencies and researchers to identify important trends.
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I think it's been demonstrated by the recent travesty we've had and the horrible results of the tremendous damages that are going on right now, so I'm really re-evaluating our approach, because the thing has gotten so bad. There's no apparent desire to change. We're going to have to go to war.
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Everybody pretty much agrees on where it ought to go. The difference is how much goes where.
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Last week, the Bush administration announced devastating new regulations that will gut clean air laws -- allowing power plants to avoid installing simple anti-pollution equipment when they modernize,