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what we do is 1998 is the time, and we do this for a very logical reason. What this Congress too often does is passes sweeping legislation for time immemorial. We want to try this as a pilot project. We think our colleague has a good idea…
how proud we should be of what we are about because this bill is exactly what the American people want, a parks bill that will benefit all areas of the country, a parks bill that will increase recreational and educational opportunities, a…
Mr. Speaker, this broadly supported bipartisan legislation, and I stress, broadly supported and bipartisan legislation, was introduced and championed by Mr. LaTourette. It builds upon the 1990 act that addressed zebra mussels and other…
I wish to pay particular credit to the gentleman from New York [Mr. Quinn], my colleague, for his leadership on this issue. When Mother Nature rears her ugly head, whether it is an earthquake on the West Coast or a storm off the coast of…
I wish to make four points. This is inside baseball. Point No. 1, in response to the gentlewoman from California, the conference was not delayed by inaction on the part of any Republican. As has been accurately reported in National…
Let me tell my colleagues, today we are taking a historic step toward improving the quality of the water we drink and the environment on which we all depend. The Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 is the most significant…
If you are for a cleaner, healthier, safer environment, and I think you all are, support this important legislation.
This bill reflects regional, environmental and political balance. Every single American will benefit from the water resources improvements provided for in this legislation. Our Nation's water infrastructure is critical to both the economic…
there is a very basic reason why this House by a vote of 328-99 just rejected an amendment to eliminate funding from EDA. Let me point out that this is an increase in support for EDA over last year. Why? Because EDA is an agency who has as…
I do not have a problem with his language, not at all. Our committee included that language regarding the 75-percent trigger in the safe drinking water bill precisely to address the same type of concerns, real or perceived, that the…
as I rise in opposition to this amendment, I would say to my colleagues that this is just pandering to base instincts. Quite frankly, what we should learn from the lessons of the past is that we should treat ourselves and treat judges and…
The Boehlert amendment makes it absolutely clear once and for all that the retroactive liability discount is dead. Please, no more stories about paying polluters. It is all over. Finished. I never supported it in the first place, and it is…
The proposal I advanced last July which was spoken so highly of by the Administrator of EPA would eliminate retroactive liability for 250 codisposal sites across the country, the idea being to get small businesses out from any liability…
let me get to these points and then I will be glad to yield to my friend because we are good friends and we work together on these things and usually on environmental issues we see eye to eye. I do not know how the gentleman got misguided…
We want meaningful Superfund reform. We want a cleaner, safer, healthier environment for our kids and grand kids, and I think we can get it if we deal in a responsible manner by voting for what I will soon offer as a responsible substitute…
The budget resolution creates a Superfund reserve fund. This reserve fund allows the chairman of the Committee on the Budget to increase the committee allocations when the Superfund taxes are extended and the program is reformed. That is…
reclaiming my time, my colleague was a little bit conservative when she suggested that the filtration plant would cost $6 billion. As a matter of fact, we have had cost estimates as high as $8 billion. In addition to that, it would cost…
I strongly support NASA's Mission to Planet Earth. I view this program as a crucial piece of our Nation's commitment to environmental research and development. I would like to emphasize that Mission to Planet Earth is truly about science…
we are getting smarter as we go along. We have developed a very good bill that responds to a legitimate need of the American people. That is to deal in a responsible manner with safe drinking water. The American people have said to us they…
let me tell my colleagues I helped author that provision, so I am going to be very supportive. Just let me say, despite what anyone might suggest, no one can convince me that this is a glass of vintage wine. This is a glass of water. We…
This bill does not have any earmarks. That is very important. The funding for the grants program, incidentally, is in response to the demand, the cry, the plea from our Governors, our county officials, and our mayors that we come up with a…
I just want to point out as we are talking about something, just because he says it is so does not mean it is so. Let me stress this bill does not have any earmarks; earmarks, that is, directing the expenditure of a certain amount of money…
We can look the American people in the eye and say, we have come up with a good program that is going to protect the water supply for America. I think that is a day's deed well done.
I am concerned about the recommendation to cut $411.8 million from the weatherization program for next year. Keep in mind, we have cut this program, the weatherization program, almost in half right now and we are asked to strike yet…
raising the minimum wage appeals to people's sense of fairness because it is the right and the equitable and the timely thing to do. Let me share some facts that lead to that conclusion. It is a fact that the last time that this Congress…
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