[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 198 (Wednesday, December 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14373]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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    REPUBLICANS SHOULD SUPPORT A BALANCED BUDGET THAT PROTECTS THE 
                              ENVIRONMENT

  (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, in the continuing budget resolution agreement 
last month, the Republicans and the President committed to a balanced 
budget that ``must protect the environment,'' but the current 
Republican budget plan declares war on the environment. It gives away 
millions to mining companies in the West. It allows massive timber 
harvesting in the Tongass National Forest and oil drilling in the 
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Republican plan guts the EPA's 
budget for enforcing our clean air and clean water laws and for 
continuing the cleanup of the Housatonic and Connecticut Rivers in my 
district, all this to give billions in tax breaks to the already 
wealthy who do not need them. Not a very good trade, Mr. Speaker.
  Republicans should live up to their agreement and support a balanced 
budget that protects the environment, rather than sacrificing it.

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