Bill Nelson: “As we came to the edge and went into the big cypress preserve where cypress stands, clumps of large cypress trees dotted…”

“As we came to the edge and went into the big cypress preserve where cypress stands, clumps of large cypress trees dotted the landscape, as the Senator explained, it was getting close to sundown. As the light lowered, as you were gliding over this meadow of grass, it looked exactly like that until suddenly you were shocked into the reality that there was a doe and her fawn as they were bounding, not over the meadow but sloshing through the water as they headed toward the clump of cypress trees. It is now our responsibility to protect and preserve this national treasure--indeed, an international treasure--for the generations to come. It was 60 years ago that the Everglades National Park was created by an act of Congress and President Harry Truman signed the bill into law. Now we sit here on a momentous occasion. In order for us to continue to try to protect this national and natural treasure, we have to overcome a Presidential veto.”