… high words, the great emotional commitment that we made last in the 1970s, even with the Clean Water act, nobody has lived up to the promises that were made then. The Environmental Protection Agency is a shell of what it should be. Its enforcement powers are weak. Its personnel are few and far between. It's a really understaffed age agency. And so I have a real commitment to making sure that when I get to Congress that … (07:47–07:53)
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