[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 65 (Friday, April 7, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H4417-H4418]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


       LEGISLATION PASSED BY THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND 
                             INFRASTRUCTURE

  (Mr. SHUSTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to inform the House that I 
have informed the Speaker that the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure will be prepared to bring to the floor after our recess 
three major pieces of legislation that passed the committee: The Clean 
Water Authorization Act, which passed by a voice vote, the Mine Safety 
Act, which passed by voice vote, and the clean water amendments, which 
were adopted by the committee with very strong bipartisan support, a 
42-to-16 vote, with over half of the Democrats supporting the bill and 
an overwhelming 29 Republicans supporting the bill.
  Mr. Speaker, we hear somewhere word that the radical 
environmentalists are preparing an all-out attack on this. In fact, we 
have been informed that there may be an effort to block this bill in 
the other body, the thought being that if the bill can be blocked, 
     [[Page H4418]]  then the flawed old law will apply with 
     continued appropriations.
  So I want to particularly thank the distinguished chairman of the 
Appropriations Committee, the gentleman from Louisiana [Mr. 
Livingston], for his statement this week that where authorizations do 
not exist there will be no appropriations.
  So, for those who think that they can somehow block the clean water 
bill, I would urge them to think twice because that kind of activity 
could mean that there would be no funding for clean water.
  Our bill provides over $3 billion a year authorization. It is a 
strong environmental bill with overwhelming bipartisan support, and I 
am pleased to announce this to the House.

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