and we did it. you know what? this water, everyone deserves to have clean drinking water. you just assume it s going to be safe. this is a wake-up call not just for west virginia but the entire country. i would have assumed like most people assume that above-ground storage was having regular inspections. but if it was not a material which was deemed a hazmat material which was high priority, it didn t get the same scrutiny as other things are getting. we know now that any storage of any kind of a chemical next to a water or next to especially to a water treatment plan should be inspected very vigorously. this is what this bill does. if i wasn t serious about this, i mean, i did it the day after. we knew we had the spill. i talked to barbara boxer. she s been wonderful. reached out. our staffs have worked together. and we ve got a good piece of legislation. and it should pass and it s needed to be passed because i don t think people around this country realize there s a lot of things th
industry, oh, they ll get mad, they ll do this or that. i knew it could be done. and we did it. you know what? this water, everyone deserves to have clean drinking water. you just assume it s going to be safe. this is a wake-up call not just for west virginia but the entire country. i would have assumed like most people assume that above-ground storage was having regular inspections. but if it was not a material which was deemed a hazmat material which was high priority, it didn t get the same scrutiny as other things are getting. we know now that any storage of any kind of a chemical next to a water or next to especially to a water treatment plan should be inspected very vigorously. this is what this bill does. if i wasn t serious about this, i mean, i did it the day after. we knew we had the spill. i talked to barbara boxer. she s been wonderful. reached out. our staffs have worked together. and we ve got a good piece of legislation. and it should pass and it s needed to be passed be
safe. this is a wake-up call not just for west virginia but the entire country. i would have assumed like most people assume that above-ground storage was having regular inspections. but if it was not a material which was deemed a hazmat material which was high priority, it didn t get the same scrutiny as other things are getting. we know now that any storage of any kind of a chemical next to a water or next to especially to a water treatment plan should be inspected very vigorously. this is what this bill does. if i wasn t serious about this, i mean, i did it the day after. we knew we had the spill. i talked to barbara boxer. she s been wonderful. reached out. our staffs have worked together. and we ve got a good piece of legislation. and it should pass and it s needed to be passed because i don t think people around this country realize there s a lot of things that we assume have been looked into that haven t. and assuming that something s there that isn t, i actually think is a re