Sam Farr: “I want to congratulate him and my other congressional colleagues who went to Johannesburg, South Africa. While he was in…”

“I want to congratulate him and my other congressional colleagues who went to Johannesburg, South Africa. While he was in South Africa, I had the privilege of being in his beautiful State, in fact in his district of Portland, Oregon; and I can tell my colleagues that indeed the western United States and particularly Oregon is one of the most beautiful States in the United States; and I would recommend to everybody who wants to see spectacular scenery and uncrowded highways just to visit that great State. My colleagues all came together in Johannesburg about 2 weeks ago to address the global issues that exist at the intersection of economic development and environmental sustainability. I happen to be very keenly interested in the outcome of that because my district that my colleague just mentioned is the salad bowl center of the world and we cannot continue to produce fresh fruits and vegetables if we do not have a clean environment, clean water, clean air; and we know that from our interest in trying to develop small business economy through tourism and ecotourism that indeed the environment sells.”