Opening Statements:

Sen. John Thune, of South Dakota.

Sen. James M. Inhofe, of Oklahoma.

Sen. Barbara Boxer, California.

Sen. James M. Jeffords, of Vermont.

Sen. Max Baucus, of Montana.

Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, of Connecticut.

Sen. Frank Lautenberg, of New Jersey.

Sen. Barack Obama, of Illinois.

Witnesses:

The Honorable Richard Durbin
United States Senator
Illinois

The Honorable Maria Cantwell
United States Senator
Washington

Susan Parker Bodine,
Assistant Administrator
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
U.S. EPA

Katherine N. Probst
Senior Fellow and Director, Risk, Resource, and Environmental Management
Resources for the Future

Dr. Leo Trasande
Assistant Director
Mount Sinai Center for Children's Health and the Environment

Michael W. Steinberg
Superfund Settlements Project

Mr. Robert Spiegel
Edison Wetlands Association

Dr. J. Winston Porter
President
The Waste Policy Center