[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 204 (Tuesday, December 19, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H15101]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                 STOP WEAVING FABLES AND TELL THE TRUTH

  (Mr. MICA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, how could the President of the United States 
gather little schoolchildren for a media event backdrop to veto a bill 
and not tell them and the American people the truth?
  Mr. Speaker, our President should remember the story of Pinocchio 
when he weaves these fables. The President and the American people 
should know what is happening with their Federal Environmental 
Protection Agency and hazardous waste dollars. The truth is the General 
Accounting Office has said raw politics, not public health or safety, 
is the prime consideration for picking cleanup sites.
  The truth is that 85 percent of Federal Superfund money goes for 
attorney fees and studies. The truth is that we have doubled the size 
of the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, with almost 9,000 
bureaucrats in Environmental Protection Agency downtown just a few 
miles from here.
  The truth is that even the courts say that cleaning up dirt to an 
edible standard is wasteful and ludicrous. We need to stop weaving 
these fables and tell the truth.

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