We know that we can improve the environment and the economy at the same time.

We need to adequately fund our environmental budget and get those riders out of there.

This Act will protect unique natural resources that will continue to be enjoyed by all Americans for many years.

Together, we can ensure that other treasures like the Black Canyon are preserved for all time.

The Act represents a continuing commitment to the protection of our Nation's wilderness resources, by expanding the existing Black Canyon of the Gunnison Wilderness by over 4,400 acres.

I also am disturbed that the conference report includes new language that is aimed at restricting efforts to reduce smog by delaying EPA action on several States' clean air petitions.

The real reason that the air-conditioning is not on tonight is that it's part of my continuing effort to convince the American people that Al Gore is right about global warming.

The United States has pledged to work with Israel to promote the development of new sources of water.

Our country is better for the fact that we have cleaner air, cleaner water, safer food.

My balanced budget would do this, while increasing investments in areas like education, technology, the environment, and defense.

It would be short-sighted to reduce the important Lands Legacy Initiative drastically.

We believed we could grow the economy and improve the environment.

It is the story of our intensifying determination as a people to conserve and restore our precious natural resources.

We must clean up the 40 percent of our waterways that still are too polluted for fishing and swimming.

I will soon send the Congress a plan to bestow the highest level of wilderness protection on more than 5 million acres of back-country lands.

We stand together to pass the Earth on to our children with our livability initiative for less traffic congestion and more green space.

How do we preserve the environment as we grow the economy?

We have to prove that we can grow the economy and improve the environment.