Mister President, this is a photograph of art Scott at his dairy farm in New Mexico, where he owns 4000 Head of Cattle Arts Farm, is located outside of Clovis in the Central part of the state adjacent to Cannon Air Force Base Arts, a second generation dairy farmer. He and his family worked hard to build this dairy keep his cows healthy and provide nutritious In New Mexico and the nation's consumers but today art will dump 15000 gallons of milk That's enough milk to give 240 - 5000 children, a carton of milk at their school lunch and he'll dump another 15000 gallons tomorrow and the next day and the next day. Why is art dumping all of this milk Toxic contaminants from Cannon Air Force base have polluted the groundwater he uses to water his cows The groundwater art uses for his cows and for his family's drinking water is polluted by a group of toxic chemicals collectively known as P sauce We know people are dangerous to humans They are Associated with increased risk of liver testicular Kidney and pancreatic cancer they are linked to altered puberty indican, disruption pregnancy disorders and Lord Fertility Arts dairy is ruined He can't sell his milk He can't sell his cows He can't sell his property He is spending thousands of dollars to maintain his cows and dump milk In fact, the In arts groundwater or 370 - one times greater than what the Environmental Protection Agency says is safe. The Air Force knows that is responsible for this environmental disaster, but it claims that it doesn't have the legal authority to provide clean water for arts cows or to reimburse art for his lost livelihood artist There are other New Mexico Dairy is located near Cannon Air Force base and that are threatened Those theories have spent hundreds of thousands of their own dollars to install water filters to prevent them from losing their livelihoods The Department of Defense has identified over 400 military sites where P Foss were used There are over 100 military sites nationwide with known P Contamination this is a National problem of immense proportion Yet this president's CM refuses to issue drinking water standards for P Foss It's issued only an advisory that does not have the force of law and this president's E has failed even list these chemicals has hazardous substances eligible for Super Clean up our farmers and rural America deserve better much better Although the Air Force claimed it had no authority to provide relief The then head of the Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson assured be in a hearing under off the Air Force would work with me on legislation to secure that authority for the Air Force contrary to that The Air Force did not work with us on that legislation They made it clear. They don't even want the authority to help farmers like card So in March I introduced the P Foss Damages Act along with Senator Henrick and representatives. Lupa UN taught a small in Holland to ensure compensation for those hurt and to make sure that those contaminated sites were cleaned up I also joined Senator Carper is bipartisan P Action Act of 2019 that requires P Established P sauce as a hazardous substance eligible for Super fun, clean ups You know clean water is not and should not be a partisan issue Mexico is a patriotic state and honors its military basis but the Department of Defense cause this contamination and needs to make it right Senator Heinrich was able to include our bill as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that the Senate Asked by an overwhelming margin 86 to eight in June it looked like relief relief old to art and others unfairly hurt would be on the way But two days ago on Tuesday the President threatened to veto the entire defense bill if it gets to his desk with provisions to help farmers like heart and to clean up False contamination that's a 750 billion dollar bill for National security and defense He's threatening to veto because it requires clean up of a known pollutant without a doubt This is one of the most outrageous veto threats I've ever witnessed in 30 years in Congress the towing the defense bill over help for Farmers facing ruin It is shameful Republican leadership in the Senate and the House should join us and make it clear to the President that this is one veto will be overridden on top of all of this. The President is asking the Senate to confirm Peter, right a top lawyer from Dow Chemical one of the largest chemical companies in the world and the one that manufactured Pdus To run the toxic cleanup office this nomination is more filling the swamp by this administration. More foxes guarding the hen House Slow walk designating P fast as hazardous substances under the Super Fund program Mister right wants to oversee mister ride has recused himself from matters relating to Dow Chemical and therefore will provide no leadership on this pressing issue The American people deserve a nominee who will clean up current P economic contamination and prevent future Nation mister right can give no such assurance and I will be voting. No on his nomination I call upon the President to nominate someone who will commit to tackle this issue with the urgency it deserves and to withdraw his shocking veto threat so that innocent farmers like art can save their families Livelihoods mister President. I yield the floor President the senator for New Jersey President I rise today to oppose the nomination of Peter, right as assistant administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Land and Emergency Management