Legislation to implement the POPs, PIC, and LRTAP POPs agreements: hearing before the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, March 2, 2006, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 2006 - 180 páginas |
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Página 115 - I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves ; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education.
Página 19 - HON. JOE BARTON, CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE Thank you Mr. Chairman for holding this hearing today.
Página 115 - I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves, and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise that control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion (Thomas Jefferson, 1820 cited in The Economist, 18 December 1993).
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Página 28 - Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, thank you for the invitation to appear before you today.
Página 45 - Specific legislation includes the Clean Air Act; the Clean Water Act; the Safe Drinking Water Act; the...
Página 13 - Department must comply with include the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Clean Air Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, and the Toxic Substances Control Act.
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