Tom Tancredo: “Mr. Chairman, in response to some of the issues that have been brought up here, especially by my friend, the gentleman…”

“Mr. Chairman, in response to some of the issues that have been brought up here, especially by my friend, the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone), who suggests that there is no environmental concerns that should come up as a result of this and that anybody that suggests there is an environmental problem is simply off base, of course, he is therefore saying that the following organizations, American Rivers, Earth Justice Legal Defense Fund and Environmental Defense, Friends of the Earth, League of Conservation Voters, National Wildlife Federation, Sierra Club, all of these people do not know what they are talking about when it comes to environmental issues and whether in this particular case especially they are simply off base. Well, I do not certainly consider myself to be an expert in this particular area but I would say that there is some cause for concern with regard to the environmental issues developed by this beach replenishing program. Federally subsidized beach projects mainly benefit wealthy vacation condo owners and tourism.”