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William Tauzin: “Of course it would. That is what we are trying to do in this reform. In short, we are trying to bring commonsense…”

On the recordApril 17, 1996
Of course it would. That is what we are trying to do in this reform. In short, we are trying to bring commonsense environmentalism to America. We are not trying at all to back away from our commitment to the environment. I believe, and I know most Members of this House believe, that we are here as guests on this planet and that we share it with other forms of life, and we all breathe the same air and drink the same water. We all cherish clean water and safe environments for our family. But we ought to have commonsense regulation out of this Federal Government, and very often we do not. We end up wasting the money, the precious dollars that ought to go to cleaning up places in America and making it a safer, healthier place for our children.
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William Tauzin
Republican · Louisiana
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Discussing environmental reform and the need for sensible regulations.

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