[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 77 (Wednesday, May 10, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4679]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


   CLEAN WATER LEGISLATION WILL HARM AMERICA'S WETLANDS, STORMWATER 
                 PERMITTING PROCESS, AND COASTAL WATERS

  (Mr. BOEHLERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOEHLERT. Mr. Speaker, today the House of Representatives will 
take up the most serious public health environmental legislation 
considered yet in this historic 104th Congress. The proponents of the 
measure have labeled it good environmental legislation. That is a 
violation of the truth in advertising law.
  The fact of the matter is the legislation we will consider today 
would decimate our Nation's wetlands, would end the stormwater 
permitting process, would do serious damage to our coastal waters.
  We have worked, those of us identified with the Saxton-Boehlert 
alternative, with the National Governors Association, with the Coastal 
States Organization, with public health groups, with environmental 
organizations all over the country, to say that we can be responsible 
in dealing with clean water in America.
  Those who are concerned about this subject are urged to call their 
elected representatives to let them know that they want clean water, 
and the time for meaningful action is now.

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