[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 7 (Wednesday, February 2, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 2, 1994]
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    URGING MEMBERS TO REJECT H.R. 3425, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL 
                             PROTECTION ACT

  (Mr. HEFLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Speaker, when the Clinton administration proposed to 
reinvent government, it sounded good, but I had no idea that this meant 
that the Federal Government would be made larger, more expensive and 
more burdensome on Americans. However, this is precisely what will 
happen if a new Department of Environmental Protection is established 
in accordance with H.R. 3425.
  In a nutshell, H.R. 3425 takes what has historically been an 
important but inept Federal Government agency, elevates it to cabinet 
level, creates various new offices and bureaus that essentially do 
nothing new, and increases the amount of taxpayer dollars spent on this 
by $10 million per year. To add insult to injury, the Democrat 
leadership refuses to allow an amendment to be considered that would 
require cost benefit analyses to be done on environmental regulations 
that already cost Americans more than $140 billion per year.
  Mr. Speaker, the American people have sent a clear message to 
Washington. They want less bureaucracy, less spending and less 
regulation. I urge my colleagues to act on this message and reject H.R. 
3425 in its present form.

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