[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 7 (Wednesday, February 2, 1994)]
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                             EPA TO CABINET

  (Mr. LEWIS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my support 
for H.R. 3425, giving cabinet-level status to the EPA. This legislation 
is long overdue. It recognizes the importance of protecting out 
environment and places environmental protection on equal footing with 
energy, education, housing, and transportation.
  This bill will do more than just change the status of EPA. It will 
create an Office of Environmental Justice. This will ensure that all of 
us know what is in the air we breathe, what is in the water we drink, 
and what is in the food we eat.
  Mr. Speaker, the time has come, the time is now. We are long overdue 
in our responsibility to the environment. We have an opportunity here 
today to do what is right, to give cabinet-level status to the EPA.
  Support the rule on H.R. 3425, support this bill on final passage.
  Let us do this and leave this world a little greener and a little 
cleaner for unborn generations.

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