[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 161 (Wednesday, October 18, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H10211]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     THE ST. LUCIE RIVER INITIATIVE

  (Mr. FOLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, today it is very prophetic that I rise to 
discuss the St. Lucie River Initiative that is occurring in one of our 
counties in Florida. We are being inundated by water due to many recent 
rainfalls. I would like Members, particularly those in the Florida 
delegation, to welcome the members of the St. Lucie River Initiative.
  Mr. Speaker, we have one of the most beautiful, pristine waterways in 
Florida. The Army Corps of Engineers started in 1915, and completed in 
1963, a series of canals that have changed the water flow patterns in 
our State. We have to save the Everglades and Florida Bay, but we must 
save the St. Lucie River and Indian River Lagoon for future 
generations.
  There is a solution. It involves acquiring land, storing fresh 
valuable water on that land, and preventing the water from running to 
the tide and polluting these estuaries and the St. Lucie River. So I 
ask Members from Florida again to welcome the St. Lucie River 
Initiative group into their office. Listen to the facts they present, 
because I think we have a solution before us that can save our valuable 
resource, the Florida waterways.

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