Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I have here a letter which I will quote, in part, and then submit from a number of environmental groups under the auspices of the Campaign for Environmental Literacy, a group that I have also had the opportunity to work with on education legislation. What I would like to read is a paragraph that describes ELG and B-WET's contributions to our country. ``The ELG program enables NOAA, as the Nation's leading expert on weather, climate, and ocean information, to partner with the Nation's top nonprofit organizations and educators to put this information to good use.'' ELG funds will allow ``the American Association for the Advancement of Science to update climate education standards that are used to guide science education in classrooms and across the country to reflect state-of-the-art science.'' ``The B-WET grants programs support environmental education which promotes locally relevant, experiential learning in the K-12 environment.'' I submit the entirety of the letter for inclusion in the Record. Campaign for Environmental Literacy, Mar. 18, 2010. Hon. Lois Capps, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Representative Capps: We write to you to indicate our strong support for passage of the Ocean, Coastal, and Watershed Education Act (H.R. 3644). This bill authorizes and strengthens the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's existing Bay-Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) and Environmental Literacy Grants (ELG) programs.…”