[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 7 (Wednesday, February 2, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 2, 1994]
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                 IN SUPPORT OF THE RULE ON THE EPA BILL

  (Mr. CONYERS asked and was given permission to address the house for 
1 minute, and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I chair the committee that brings the EPA 
bill, H.R. 3425, to the floor, and I am very proud of it. I would like 
to make a couple of points here that may have been unobserved until 
now.
  First of all, there is a rule with nine amendments that provide for 
all kinds of changes in the bill. It is a very democratic and open 
rule, and so I am hoping that there will not be any criticism against a 
bill with that many provisions.
  The second thing that should be known is that this bill contains 
within it a provision for the Office of Risk Assessment. I repeat, the 
bill contains a provision for the Office of Risk Assessment.

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  Mr. Speaker, in addition, it contains provisions on unfunded 
mandates; that is, unfunded mandates are in the bill, in addition to 
new controls on waste and abuse.
  Finally, one should know that the administration strongly supports 
the rule and the bill. The Vice President was up on the Hill within the 
last 2 hours.
  Mr. Speaker, we are hoping that we will do what every other 
industrialized nation has done, which is elevate the Environmental 
Administrator to Cabinet status.

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