From a rapid transcript from Ted Kennedy right now:
JANICE ROGERS BROWN’S RECORD SHOWS NOT ONLY THAT SHE LACKS THE COMMITMENT BUT THAT
SHE’S HOSTILE TO ANY FORM OF GOVERNMENTAL ACTION. ALTHOUGH
LOCATED HERE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE D.C. CIRCUIT
AFFECTS ALL AMERICANS BECAUSE ITS DECISIONS HAVE BROAD NATIONAL
IMPACT. SOME CASES, SUCH AS THOSE INVOLVING REVIEW OF NATIONAL
AIR QUALITY STANDARDS UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT AND NATIONAL
DRINKING WATER STANDARDS UNDER THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT CAN
ONLY BE HEARD IN THE D.C. CIRCUIT. WE HAVE HAD THE GROWTH IN
THIS COUNTRY OVER THE PERIOD OF THESE LAST FOUR YEARS. WE HAVE
DOUBLED THE DEATHS FOR ASTHMATIC CHILDREN IN THIS NATION. WHY?
I THINK YOU CAN POINT TO THE RELAXATION AND THE CHANGE IN THE
CLEAN AIR ACT AND THE RELAXATION OF RULES AND REGULATIONS. AND
AS A RESULT OF THAT, CHILDREN IN THESE DOWNWIND STATES FROM A
LOT OF THESE COMPANIES THAT ARE BURNING THESE TOXINS HAVE
EXPERIENCED A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THE — THEIR BREATHING
DIFFICULTY AND IN ASTHMA DEATHS. THAT IS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE
TO THE CHANGE IN THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE CLEAN AIR
ACT.