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




                         ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP

  (Mr. BROWDER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BROWDER. Mr. Speaker, the American taxpayer is getting it again. 
There are chemical stockpiles all over the United States that have to 
be destroyed. The Army and FEMA have been assigned to destroy those 
stockpiles. Last month GAO came out with a study called Chemical 
Weapons Emergency Prepared Program Financial Management Weaknesses. 
This concluded that after 6 years the program, I think, has tripled, 
the cost has tripled. The communities are not ready to deal with an 
emergency. The Army and FEMA cannot account for how the money has been 
spent.
  But, Mr. Speaker, I just found out that next month there is a big 
conference going on, and the Army and FEMA are sending a bunch of 
people to it. Where are they sending them? France, the Riviera. 
Congress and the American taxpayer deserve some answers.


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