[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 48 (Tuesday, April 16, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3397]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  BEWARE REPUBLICAN EARTH DAY ASSAULT

  (Mr. LEWIS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, Saturday is Earth Day, a day to 
celebrate our environment--our Earth--our home. We must protect it; we 
have no other place to go.
  We have a responsibility to make our world a little greener and a 
little cleaner--to make it safer for our children and unborn 
generations.
  The Republican leadership does not agree.
  Republicans passed the dirty water bill. Their Superfund reform lets 
corporate polluters off the hook. Who benefits? Polluters. Who suffers? 
Each and every one of us. There is more pollution in the air we 
breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat.
  The American people know what you are doing. They have seen the 
Republican assault on our environment--and they are worried. Be careful 
with your publicity stunts this Earth Day--the American people will not 
be fooled.

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