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William Tauzin: I particularly wanted to join you because I listened to the special order that preceded you, and if you were to listen…

On the recordApril 17, 1996
I particularly wanted to join you because I listened to the special order that preceded you, and if you were to listen to that special order, you would assume that much of the regulatory reform efforts that you just referred to that were conducted during the previous year in this Congress were somehow aimed at destroying the environment, creating dirty water and dirty air and somehow making life unsafe and unhealthy for us, when nothing could be further from the truth. The fact is, as we approach Earth Day and we celebrate a much cleaner environment for America, the fact is that we ought to reflect upon what we fought for earlier this year, that some of which remains yet undone and some of which needs to be accomplished in this session of Congress or the next. Now, one of that is regulatory reform.
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William Tauzin
Republican · Louisiana

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Discussing regulatory reform and environmental protection in relation to Earth Day.

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