Barbara Boxer: “I am very feisty today because I see an attack on our environment. If we move away from the Clean Water Act, what we…”

“I am very feisty today because I see an attack on our environment. If we move away from the Clean Water Act, what we will see is more polluted waters, more waterborne illness, higher drinking water filtration costs, more flooding, fish kills, and impaired sports fishing--that is why we have so many sports fishermen with us--fewer waterfowl and less recreational hunting. That is why we have so many recreational hunters with us as we try to resist this move to remove bodies of water from the Clean Water Act. We will see reduced tourism, less spending on bird watching, ecotourism, and wildlife photography. I know my colleague understands the importance of tourism to our States. People come to see the beautiful wildlife, have a hunting or fishing trip, to take photographs, to show their children what wildlife really is. It is a hard time for those of us who believe so much that protecting the environment is a bipartisan issue.”