[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 49 (Wednesday, April 17, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3496]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       REJECT GET-GREEN GIMMICKS

  (Ms. SLAUGHTER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, our colleagues on the other side of the 
aisle have recently attempted to improve their environmental image to 
the public at large. They know that the American people want our 
environment protected, and they have felt intense heat for their 
relentless attacks on our public health and safety.
  But we know better than to believe their get-green gimmicks. This 
Congress has the worst environmental record in 40 years. We have fought 
attacks on public health standards, meat inspection regulations, 
national parks, endangered species, and pesticide protections, to name 
only a few. And now, while these attacks in Washington continue, we are 
subjected to their pro-environment rhetoric. We can expect to witness 
them planting trees, adopting highways, or volunteering to clean up a 
river or lake in order to polish up their image.
  As we prepare to celebrate Earth Day, we cannot stand for this 
hypocrisy. We must protect and cherish our environment, both in the 
laws we write--and in the lives we live.

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