George Miller: “after a year of the most comprehensive and concentrated attack on the basic environmental laws of this country, the…”

“after a year of the most comprehensive and concentrated attack on the basic environmental laws of this country, the Speaker of this House and the majority leader of the Republican Party believe that they can turn around a record and con the American people into believing that all of a sudden the Republican caucus in the House is in favor of environmental protection. It simply will not wash. After a year of voting against clean air and clean water, voting against Superfund liability, voting against the Endangered Species Act, voting to eviscerate wilderness areas of this country, you will not turn around America's image of the Republican caucus in this House by recycling batteries or reauthorizing the Coastal Zone Management Act. It takes more than that to protect the environment, and it takes more than that to turn around the image the American public have of the Republicans and the environment. They have tired to destroy the laws, and now they are trying to hide the record because they are reading the polls and the election results in November.”