Hearing Before the Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate: One Hundred Third Congress First Session on the Nomination of Robert M. Sussman, to Be Deputy Administrator, Protection Agency April 28, 1993 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Hearing Before the Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate: One Hundred Third Congress First Session on the Nomination of Robert M. Sussman, to Be Deputy Administrator, Protection Agency April 28, 1993The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:35 a.m. in room 406, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Max Baucus (chairman of the committee) presiding.Present: Senators Baucus, Kempthome, Chafee, and Faircloth.Opening Statement Of Hon. Max Baucus, U.S. Senator From The State Of MontanaSenator Baucus. The hearing will come to order.Good morning. The Committee on Environment and Public Works today meets to consider the nomination of Robert Sussman to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.I first want to welcome you to the hearing, Mr. Sussman.At this point I also think it would be appropriate if you could introduce your family to everyone here. I'm sure it's a big honor for them, as it is for you to have them here, so could you please introduce your family to the committee?Mr. Sussman. I would be happy to. It is a special pleasure to have them here today. First I would like to introduce my mother, Gertrude Sussman, a very important person in my life - in fact, all three are; my sister, Frances Sussman, and my wife, Judith.We have a two-and-a-half-year-old son who -Senator Baucus. So there is another man in your family.Mr. Sussman. Absolutely, a very impressive one. He is here in spirit today, but we thought the better part of valor would be not to have him here in person. [Laughter.]Senator Baucus. Thank you very much, Mr. Sussman.The Deputy Administrator, as you know, assists the Administrator - a very able Administrator in Carol Browner - in supervising and directing programs and activities of the Environmental Protection Agency, which I hope is about to be the new Department of Environment.If Mr. Sussman is confirmed, he will help implement and enforce the Nation's environmental laws and supervise nearly 18,000 employees, and manage almost $7 billion.As daunting a task as that seems, your job entails much more than that.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.