people are still waiting to use water. they still have to it use bottled water. this is still a community that is in dire straits when it comes to just normal aspects of living. and we know also, jean, the storage facility that had these chemicals that got into the water supply had not actually been inspected since, what, 1991, i assume this is triggering not only outrage, but a call for major regulatory changes. reporter: right. a full inspection 1991. it was a different company, it stored a hazardous chemical. and then when it became a pollutant, under law, it didn t have to be regulated, it didn t have to be inspected anymore. and what we are learning from the department of environmental protection is that, in fact, they are going to the legislature and they are looking for means so that this doesn t happen again. so that a company like this doesn t slip under in a loophole, so that it doesn t have to be regulated and thus,
these storage tanks haven t been inspected since 1991. how can that be? the facility there doesn t come under our jurisdiction. that facility is not one of the regulated facilities that has normal inspections like that. supposedly it s because the chemical stored there is by definition, a pollutant not a hazardous chemical. i don t get that. wouldn t it be hazardous if it goes in the water supply and you can t drink the water or be severely sick? i m having a hard time hearing you. i think you re asking the difference between a pollutant and hazardous material. this product, based on what we ve seen, we ve taken every precaution everyone felt was necessary to insure the public was protected. you know, part of that is part of our emergency response plans was to take care and provide
mass destruction involving a hazardous chemical or biological weapon is very high up on the scenarios that we are seeing. chris: i love that, man-caused incidents. congressman, how do you think that napolitano did generally over 4 1/2 years as secretary of homeland security? what impact do you see her resignation having at a moment when immigration reform and border enforcement are at the height of the national agenda? i have respect for that position. we disagreed on many issues, particularly when it came to the border. she would go around saying, it s never been more secure. i took just the opposite position, that it is not secure. that s why we passed the border security results act out of my committee to achieve that, to get that done. so i think and also with respect to morale, morale has been very low in the department. i think there s an opportunity to get a real leader in, who can work with house republicans on
mass destruction involving a hazardous chemical or biological weapon is very high up on the scenarios that we are seeing. chris: i love that, man-caused incidents. congressman, how do you think that napolitano did generally over 4 1/2 years as secretary of homeland security? what impact do you see her resignation having at a moment when immigration reform and border enforcement are at the height of the national agenda? i have respect for that position. we disagreed on many issues, particularly when it came to the border. she would go around saying, it s never been more secure. i took just the opposite position, that it is not secure. that s why we passed the border security results act out of my committee to achieve that, to get that done. so i think and also with respect to morale, morale has been very low in the department. i think there s an opportunity to get a real leader in, who can work with house republicans on
the man-caused, the weapon of mass destruction involving a hazardous chemical or biological weapon is very high up on the scenarios that we are seeing. chris: i love that, man-caused incidents. congressman, how do you think that napolitano did generally over 4 1/2 years as secretary of homeland security? what impact do you see her resignation having at a moment when immigration reform and border enforcement are at the height of the national agenda? i have respect for that position. we disagreed on many issues, particularly when it came to the border. she would go around saying, it s never been more secure. i took just the opposite position, that it is not secure. that s why we passed the border security results act out of my committee to achieve that, to get that done. so i think and also with respect to morale, morale has been very low in the department. i think there s an opportunity to get a real leader in, who can work with house republicans on