[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 189 (Wednesday, November 29, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13735]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             AMERICANS WANT STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

  (Mr. OLVER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, the public is finally becoming aware of what 
the antienvironmental extremists in this Congress are doing. Under the 
Republican leadership, clean water, clean air, and public health are 
being sold to the highest campaign contributor. While we are struggling 
to cut the budget, Republicans want to subsidize logging in the 
Nation's last rain forest. They want to continue the 1872 mining law 
that gives away millions to private companies, and to allow oil 
drilling on Alaska's true wilderness.'
  The American people want strong environmental protection. Instead, 
the Republicans are jeopardizing the rivers we fish, the beaches we 
swim in, and the very air we breathe for the benefit of special 
interests. There truly is a contract with the American environment. 
That contract is becoming a bill of sale.

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