[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]




 AMERICA'S ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED ONLY AT THE STATE AND 
                            COMMUNITY LEVEL

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, let me assure my good friend, the 
gentleman from Georgia, that after the hue and cry and the celebrations 
this Earth Day, many committed conservatives will stand there to clean 
up the mess left by so many so-called environmentalists.
  It is interesting to hear the lines provided today, Mr. Speaker, from 
our friends on the liberal side, their carefully crafted scripts 
engaging in playground taunts. Let me state unequivocally and for the 
record that the new majority is in favor of clean air and clean water, 
and yes, restoring balance to our laws, recognizing that Phoenix is not 
the same as Philadelphia, or that Flagstaff is not the same as Fargo, 
ND, and relying on people on the front lines to solve their problems in 
the 50 States where there are departments of environmental quality, and 
in the communities, understanding that there are differences.
  The key to solving the problem, Mr. Speaker, resides with the 
American people, not with the Washington bureaucrats, and no amount of 
name-calling can change that fact.

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