Porter Goss: “I am proud to have with me a group of outstanding high school students from southwest Florida. They are participating in…”

“I am proud to have with me a group of outstanding high school students from southwest Florida. They are participating in a unique congressional classroom program designed to examine the role of Government. Today--Earth Day--we are heading to Roosevelt Island, a living monument to a President who defined the proper role of Government in conservation. In 1907, Teddy Roosevelt said: To waste, to destroy our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them amplified and developed. These stirring words ring just as true today. I hope all Americans will join in honoring the legacy of Teddy Roosevelt, reflecting upon the importance of careful stewardship of our planet. Mr. Speaker, this is not a partisan matter, this is not a matter of extremism. This is a matter of good sense and good will that all Americans will share in.”