Political Quotes

“this morning Administrator Carol Browner of the Environmental Protection Agency testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the consequences of this continued funding resolution. She said that it: ``represents a severe cutback that will not allow us to adequately protect public health and our environment. Our air, our water, our land, will not be as safe''. The cuts in this continued funding resolution compromise our Nation's public health and environment. This bill appropriates 5.7 billion dollars for EPA--that's a 14-percent cut--or nearly one billion dollars from the fiscal year 1995 level. It's a 22.5 percent cut--or 1.7 billion dollars--from the President's fiscal year 1996 request. Mr. President, the cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency in this bill mean that an already stretched agency will not be able to carry out critically important work that ensures the health and safety of all Americans, and will result in a set-back of national efforts to ensure that every American citizen breaths clean air, drinks clean water, and is safe from the dangers of hazardous waste.”