Feeling safer yet?

In an attempt to strangle state's rights (so I am sure that all loyal conservative Republicans will be with me on this) the chemical industry is fighting a provision in a supplemental spending bill that would allow individual states to set higher standards than the Federal government as regards security at chemical plants. In a statement I completely fail to understand Jack Gerard, president of the American Chemistry Council, tells us that

:"This isn't about states' rights; this is about national security...What does the environmental lobby have to say about security? Have they all of a sudden morphed into security experts in this country?"

As far as I can tell he is saying that tighter security at chemical plants, but only in selected states, would make the country less secure. You have to admit that this is daring reasoning.

By the way the chemical industry is confident that they will get their way.