Environmental Justice matters. We must begin to eliminate the mentality that our nation's poorest communities can be used as dumping grounds for our industrial achievements.

Earth Day must also serve as a reminder that even today, we still have a need for improvement.

I challenge my colleagues to work towards its passage.

I am proud of my strong environmental voting record.

Earth Day matters. It raises the awareness of Americans and is a catalyst for positive change.

It is not a question of whether we can afford to protect the environment, rather it is a question of whether we can afford not to.

We now must begin to realize the responsibility we have in providing under developed nation with the environmental technology that will allow them to grow as they move towards a more industrialized society.

Mr. Speaker, as a member of this body, I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge Earth Day.

We must begin to eliminate the mentality that our nation's poorest communities can be used as dumping grounds for our industrial achievements.

Environmental Justice matters.

Earth Day has been a catalyst for the enactment of some of our nation's most important laws.

I strongly support H.R. 525, the Defense of the Environments Act.

Among Henry's many achievements in 20 years on the Green Bay School Board were his oversight of the transition of junior high schools into middle schools and his work to create a drug and alcohol abuse program for the Green Bay Schools.

Green Bay lost one of its finest community leaders this week, but he will surely live on in the memories of those who gained so much from knowing him.

Henry Atkinson was one of the most dedicated men I've ever had the pleasure of knowing--dedicated to his friends, dedicated to his community, and dedicated to the students and schools he spent his career serving.

It is clear today, maybe more so than in 1970, that there is a global connection through the environment.

I would like to offer my sincere condolences to everyone whose life was touched by Mr. Henry Atkinson, who passed away earlier this week.

But he is most remembered by the generations of students and educators who witnessed his day-to-day efforts to make Green Bay education a rewarding and memorable experience.