09/26/1996
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"We must not wait for the Congress, however, before using our available resources and authority to further accelerate the effort to protect America's waters."
"I direct the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture to enhance management of Federal lands to increase protection of waters on or near Federal lands."
"The health of our people continues to be threatened by exposure to harmful organisms in our waters."
"We must work together to leave our land, in the words of Theodore Roosevelt, 'an even better land for our descendants than it is for us.'"