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On the recordFebruary 29, 1996
I have yet to find anybody who does not believe in clean drinking water. would not like to see clean water in general. Everybody wants clean air. You talk about environmentalists, but the trust of matter is about 100 percent of the United States of America is in one way or another an environmentalist. Second, who owns the land? About 50 percent of the land in America is owned or controlled by our farmers and our ranchers. That is a very important commodity in terms of how we are going to impact our environment. Next our agricultural interests, also our environmental interests, I have not met many farmers, ranchers, or anybody who deals with that area, who is not interested in the environment. Finally, there is a very close tie-in between the environment and our agricultural interests. I know in my State of Delaware, in our inland bays where Rehoboth Beach is, which many people know about, we have a lot of farm interests. We have studied those inland bays and realize the impact of fertilizers and other products on them. Mr. Chairman, I would encourage all of us to support the program.
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Michael Castle
Delaware

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Discussing the relationship between environmentalism and agriculture.

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