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  • LONG-STANDING CONCERN IN CIRCLES, WATER REGULATION.

  • CIRCLES, WATER REGULATION. NBC POLITICAL REPORTER ALLEN

  • NBC POLITICAL REPORTER ALLEN SMITH

  • SMITH SMITH EXPLAINS.

  • SMITH EXPLAINS. >> Reporter: IN DECEMBER

  • >> Reporter: IN DECEMBER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP RAISED

  • PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP RAISED EYEBROWS WHEN HE TOLD REPORTERS

  • EYEBROWS WHEN HE TOLD REPORTERS HE HAD ORDERED HIS EPA TO

  • HE HAD ORDERED HIS EPA TO STRONGLY LOOK INTO SINKS,

  • STRONGLY LOOK INTO SINKS, SHOWERS, QUOTE, OTHER ELEMENTS.

  • SHOWERS, QUOTE, OTHER ELEMENTS. >> THE BATHROOM.

  • >> THE BATHROOM. YOU TURN THE FAUCET ON AND AREAS

  • YOU TURN THE FAUCET ON AND AREAS WHERE THERE'S TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS

  • WHERE THERE'S TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF WATER, WHERE THE WATER RUSHES

  • OF WATER, WHERE THE WATER RUSHES OUT TO SEA BECAUSE YOU COULD

  • OUT TO SEA BECAUSE YOU COULD NEVER HANDLE IT AND YOU DON'T

  • NEVER HANDLE IT AND YOU DON'T GET ANY WATER.

  • GET ANY WATER. THEY TAKE A SHOWER, WATER COMES

  • THEY TAKE A SHOWER, WATER COMES DRIPPING OUT.

  • DRIPPING OUT. IT'S DRIPPING OUT VERY QUIETLY

  • IT'S DRIPPING OUT VERY QUIETLY DRIPPING OUT.

  • DRIPPING OUT. SO EPA IS LOOKING AT THAT VERY

  • SO EPA IS LOOKING AT THAT VERY STRONGLY.

  • STRONGLY. AT MY SUGGESTION.

  • AT MY SUGGESTION. >> Reporter: NOW, THESE

  • >> Reporter: NOW, THESE COMMENTS, THEY DREW A LOT OF

  • COMMENTS, THEY DREW A LOT OF ATTENTION ONLINE.

  • ATTENTION ONLINE. SOME FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE SIMPLY

  • SOME FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE SIMPLY ENTERTAINED THAT THE PRESIDENT

  • ENTERTAINED THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THIS AND

  • WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THIS AND OTHERS WHO WERE SOMEWHAT

  • OTHERS WHO WERE SOMEWHAT SURPRISED AT WHAT HAD BROUGHT

  • SURPRISED AT WHAT HAD BROUGHT THIS TO THE PRESIDENT'S

  • THIS TO THE PRESIDENT'S ATTENTION.

  • ATTENTION. WHY HE WAS FOCUSING ON IT,

  • WHY HE WAS FOCUSING ON IT, PARTICULARLY AS THIS

  • PARTICULARLY AS THIS HIGH-PROFILE IMPEACHMENT

  • HIGH-PROFILE IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATION WAS ONGOING.

  • INVESTIGATION WAS ONGOING. >> YOU OPEN IT UP --

  • >> YOU OPEN IT UP -- >> Reporter: NOW AT A RALLY JUST

  • >> Reporter: NOW AT A RALLY JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER,

  • A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, ACTUALLY THE EXACT RALLY THAT

  • ACTUALLY THE EXACT RALLY THAT TOOK PLACE MOMENTS AFTER THE

  • TOOK PLACE MOMENTS AFTER THE HOUSE FORMALLY VOTED TO IMPEACH

  • HOUSE FORMALLY VOTED TO IMPEACH HIM, THE PRESIDENT WENT ON A

  • HIM, THE PRESIDENT WENT ON A MUCH MORE EXTENDED RANT ABOUT

  • MUCH MORE EXTENDED RANT ABOUT THIS TOPIC.

  • THIS TOPIC. >> YOU REMEMBER THE DISHWASHER,

  • >> YOU REMEMBER THE DISHWASHER, YOU PRESS IT, BOOM, THERE'D BE

  • YOU PRESS IT, BOOM, THERE'D BE LIKE AN EXPLOSION.

  • LIKE AN EXPLOSION. FIVE MINUTES LATER, YOU OPEN IT

  • FIVE MINUTES LATER, YOU OPEN IT UP, THE STEAM POURS OUT.

  • UP, THE STEAM POURS OUT. NOW YOU PRESS IT 12 TIMES.

  • NOW YOU PRESS IT 12 TIMES. WOMEN TELL ME, AGAIN, YOU KNOW,

  • WOMEN TELL ME, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THEY GIVE YOU FOUR DROPS OF

  • THEY GIVE YOU FOUR DROPS OF WATER.

  • WATER. >> Reporter: THE REALITY IS

  • >> Reporter: THE REALITY IS THERE IS AN UNDERPINNING TO THIS

  • THERE IS AN UNDERPINNING TO THIS ARGUMENT AND IT'S BEEN A

  • ARGUMENT AND IT'S BEEN A LIBERTARIAN WAR THAT HAS GONE ON

  • LIBERTARIAN WAR THAT HAS GONE ON FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS NOW.

  • FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS NOW. WHILE THE PRESIDENT ISN'T QUITE

  • WHILE THE PRESIDENT ISN'T QUITE SO ELOQUENT IN DISCUSSING THE

  • SO ELOQUENT IN DISCUSSING THE TOPIC, HE IS TALKING ABOUT WATER

  • TOPIC, HE IS TALKING ABOUT WATER REGULATIONS THAT WERE SIGNED

  • REGULATIONS THAT WERE SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENTS GEORGE H.

  • INTO LAW BY PRESIDENTS GEORGE H. W. BUSH AND PRESIDENT CLINTON IN

  • W. BUSH AND PRESIDENT CLINTON IN THE EARLY '90s THAT LIMIT HOW

  • THE EARLY '90s THAT LIMIT HOW MUCH WATER CAN BE USED IN NEW

  • MUCH WATER CAN BE USED IN NEW TOILETS, COMING OUT OF FAUCET

  • TOILETS, COMING OUT OF FAUCET HEADS BOTH FOR SHOWERS AND SINKS

  • HEADS BOTH FOR SHOWERS AND SINKS AND LIBERTARIANS HAVE ARGUED

  • AND LIBERTARIANS HAVE ARGUED THAT THESE REGULATIONS CAUSE THE

  • THAT THESE REGULATIONS CAUSE THE PRODUCTS TO BE VIRTUALLY

  • PRODUCTS TO BE VIRTUALLY UNUSABLE, THAT NO WATER ISLE TO

  • UNUSABLE, THAT NO WATER ISLE TO COMING OUT AND USERS ARE

  • COMING OUT AND USERS ARE FRUSTRATED AND HAVE TO USE THE

  • FRUSTRATED AND HAVE TO USE THE SHOWER OR FLUSH THE TOILET

  • SHOWER OR FLUSH THE TOILET MULTIPLE TIMES, THEREFORE

  • MULTIPLE TIMES, THEREFORE ELIMINATING THE INTENDED

  • ELIMINATING THE INTENDED ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT, THE WATER

  • ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT, THE WATER CONSERVATION BENEFIT, OF THOSE

  • CONSERVATION BENEFIT, OF THOSE REGULATIONS.

  • REGULATIONS. NOW, OF COURSE,

  • NOW, OF COURSE, ENVIRONMENTALISTS DISAGREE WITH

  • ENVIRONMENTALISTS DISAGREE WITH THAT PREMISE ENTIRELY AND THEY

  • THAT PREMISE ENTIRELY AND THEY SAY WHAT THE PRESIDENT AND SOME

  • SAY WHAT THE PRESIDENT AND SOME OF HIS LIBERTARIAN-MINDED

  • OF HIS LIBERTARIAN-MINDED BACKERS BELIEVE WITH REGARD TO

  • BACKERS BELIEVE WITH REGARD TO THIS IS JUST UTTER NONSENSE.

  • THIS IS JUST UTTER NONSENSE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO FLUSH THE

  • YOU DON'T HAVE TO FLUSH THE TOILET TEN TIMES, EVEN AS SOME

  • TOILET TEN TIMES, EVEN AS SOME OF THE PRESIDENT'S SUPPORTERS

  • OF THE PRESIDENT'S SUPPORTERS WILL ADMIT AND DISHWASHERS ARE

  • WILL ADMIT AND DISHWASHERS ARE WORKING JUST FINE.

  • WORKING JUST FINE. THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY LAST

  • THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY LAST YEAR HELD AN OPEN PETITION TO

  • YEAR HELD AN OPEN PETITION TO TAKE COMPLAINTS REGARDING

  • TAKE COMPLAINTS REGARDING DISHWASHER PERFORMANCE AND THE

  • DISHWASHER PERFORMANCE AND THE GOAL IS, THE ENERGY DEPARTMENT

  • GOAL IS, THE ENERGY DEPARTMENT HAS HINTED AT, IS CREATING A NEW

  • HAS HINTED AT, IS CREATING A NEW CLASS OF DISHWASHERS TO

  • CLASS OF DISHWASHERS TO CIRCUMVENT SOME OF THE EXISTING

  • CIRCUMVENT SOME OF THE EXISTING STANDARDS FOR THOSE APPLIANCES.

  • STANDARDS FOR THOSE APPLIANCES. THEY HAVEN'T SAID WHETHER THAT'S

  • THEY HAVEN'T SAID WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'RE GOING TO DO,

  • SOMETHING THEY'RE GOING TO DO, BUT THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY'RE

  • BUT THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY'RE UNDERTAKING A REVIEW OF THOSE

  • UNDERTAKING A REVIEW OF THOSE ITEMS AS THE PRESIDENT HAD

  • ITEMS AS THE PRESIDENT HAD HINTED TO LAST MONTH.

  • GOAL IS THE ENERGY DEPARTMENT

  • GOAL IS THE ENERGY DEPARTMENT HAS HINTED AT IS CREATING A NEW

  • HAS HINTED AT IS CREATING A NEW CLASS OF DISHWASHERS TO

  • CLASS OF DISHWASHERS TO CIRCUMVENT SOME OF THE EXISTING

  • CIRCUMVENT SOME OF THE EXISTING STANDARDS FOR THOSE APPLIANCES.

  • STANDARDS FOR THOSE APPLIANCES. THEY HAVEN'T SAID WHETHER THAT'S

  • THEY HAVEN'T SAID WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'RE GOING TO DO,

  • SOMETHING THEY'RE GOING TO DO, BUT THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY'RE

  • BUT THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY'RE UNDERTAKING A REVIEW OF THOSE

  • UNDERTAKING A REVIEW OF THOSE ITEMS AS THE PRESIDENT HAD

  • ITEMS AS THE PRESIDENT HAD HINTED TO LAST MONTH.

  • HINTED TO LAST MONTH. AND ON ONE LAST NIGHT, ONE OF

  • AND ON ONE LAST NIGHT, ONE OF THE PRESIDENT'S BIGGER

  • THE PRESIDENT'S BIGGER SUPPORTERS IN THE SENATE, RAND

  • SUPPORTERS IN THE SENATE, RAND PAUL, TEN YEARS AGO HE FAMOUSLY

  • PAUL, TEN YEARS AGO HE FAMOUSLY LAMENTED AT A HEARING, GRILLING

  • LAMENTED AT A HEARING, GRILLING A TOP OBAMA ENERGY DEPARTMENT

  • A TOP OBAMA ENERGY DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL THAT THEY HAD NO RIGHT

  • OFFICIAL THAT THEY HAD NO RIGHT TO TELL HIM WHAT PRODUCTS HE

  • TO TELL HIM WHAT PRODUCTS HE COULD INSTALL IN HIS BATHROOM

  • COULD INSTALL IN HIS BATHROOM AND THAT HONESTLY, THE TOILETS

  • AND THAT HONESTLY, THE TOILETS IN HIS HOME DON'T EVEN WORK.

  • IN HIS HOME DON'T EVEN WORK. SO THE LINE OF THOUGHT THAT THE

  • SO THE LINE OF THOUGHT THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS SPEAKING TO AT A

  • PRESIDENT WAS SPEAKING TO AT A COUPLE OF MOMENTS IN THE LAST

  • COUPLE OF MOMENTS IN THE LAST MONTH WAS ONE THAT RAND PAUL

  • MONTH WAS ONE THAT RAND PAUL HIMSELF HAD MENTIONED ALMOST TEN

  • HIMSELF HAD MENTIONED ALMOST TEN FULL YEARS AGO AT THIS POINT.

  • FULL YEARS AGO AT THIS POINT. SENATOR PAUL'S OFFICE DECLINED

  • SENATOR PAUL'S OFFICE DECLINED TO MAKE HIM AVAILABLE TO SPEAK

  • TO MAKE HIM AVAILABLE TO SPEAK WITH ME FOR A STORY ON THIS

  • WITH ME FOR A STORY ON THIS SUBJECT, BUT SOURCES I DID SPEAK

LONG-STANDING CONCERN IN CIRCLES, WATER REGULATION.

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