[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S11725]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



  (At the request of Mr. Reid, the following statement was ordered to 
be printed in the Record.)

                 CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS

 Mr. JEFFORDS. There are many issues on which we have made 
progress during my tenure as both chair and ranking member of the EPW 
Committee, and many issues on which we need to take steps forward. I 
want to thank Senator Boxer for her consistent leadership on 
environmental issues over the years, and I know she will do a 
phenomenal job leading the EPW Committee. There is an issue of great 
importance to many small Vermont farmers that we have not addressed 
this year, and that is the issue of concentrated animal feeding 
operations and CERCLA. I have written to Senator Boxer and provided her 
with some language reflecting the ideas I described in my statement, 
asking her to consider this approach as she holds hearings and moves 
forward on this issue in the 110th Congress.
  Mrs. BOXER. I have received the Senator's letter, and he has my 
assurances that these ideas will be considered as the EPW Committee 
looks at this issue during the next Congress.
  Mr. JEFFORDS. I thank the Senator.

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