Frank Pallone: “yesterday, April 22, was Earth Day, the 26th anniversary of Earth Day. Because we were not in session yesterday, we had…”

“yesterday, April 22, was Earth Day, the 26th anniversary of Earth Day. Because we were not in session yesterday, we had an opportunity to be in our districts and in my case in New Jersey and to celebrate the day by participating in various events and talking about some of the environmental issues that are important to America these days. It is very unfortunate though that last year, in 1995, when Speaker Gingrich and the Republican majority and the Republican leadership first took office and it was the 25th anniversary of Earth Day, we saw a systematic effort on the part of the Republican majority, the Republican leadership, to try to tear down 25 years of environmental progress that had been made on a bipartisan basis in this Congress and with the cooperation of Presidents, again both Democrat and Republican.”