[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 83 (Thursday, May 18, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1072]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


 REMARKS OF CONGRESSMAN DICK ZIMMER COMMENDING THE NEW JERSEY STUDENTS 
                  WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BEES PROGRAM

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                            HON. DICK ZIMMER

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 18, 1995
  Mr. ZIMMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to more than 80 
high school students from Hunterdon County, Princeton and Trenton who 
give us hope for our Nation's environmental future. As part of an 
innovative pilot project called Building Environmental Education 
Solutions [BEES], these students have spent the last 2 months examining 
the complex public policy choices that we face when addressing 
environmental issues.
  Focusing on an abandoned industrial site in Trenton, this diverse 
group of students explored the many issues surrounding the reclamation 
and redevelopment of the property. The students were required to 
analyze the potential environmental and economic trade-offs, perform 
comparative risk assessments and evaluate the arguments of the various 
stakeholders.
  On Monday, May 22, the students will present their findings, which I 
plan to distribute to each of my colleagues in the hope that we can 
learn from such an intense examination of these very difficult issues.
  I would also like to thank and congratulate the coalition of 
business, community groups and government agencies that made the 
program work, particularly the American Re-Insurance Corp. of 
Princeton, which spearheaded the effort. This program is an example of 
the type of responsible environmental activism that benefits all 
segments of society, but is most effective when government and business 
work together.
  Mr. Speaker, through programs like this one, we can prepare a 
generation of decision-makers who appreciate the interdependence of the 
environment and the economy. I congratulate the students for their 
accomplishments and thank them for assuming the responsibility for 
protecting our precious natural resources in the 21st century and 
beyond.


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