[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 52 (Monday, April 22, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E595-E596]
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             TRIBUTE TO THE ALLIANCE FOR THE CHESAPEAKE BAY

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                        HON. BENJAMIN L. CARDIN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 22, 1996

  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay special tribute to the 
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, an environmental organization 
concerned with cleaning up and preserving Maryland's greatest 
environmental treasure, the Chesapeake Bay.
  It is very appropriate that today, Earth Day, we turn our attention 
to the fine job done by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. The bay is 
a national resource that has a profound affect on much of the east 
coast. It is 64,000-square-mile drainage basin--from the Finger Lakes 
in New York to the ports of Baltimore and Hampton Roads--provides 
millions of us with food, energy, recreation, and water.
  Since its inception in 1971, the alliance has been dedicated to 
creating a healthier, cleaner bay. It has proven equal to the task. The 
alliance's nonadversarial approach has enabled it to work with a wide 
range of people for a better, cleaner bay. Over the years, the alliance 
has successfully rallied support from the business community, citizens 
groups, environmentalists, industry, scientists, farmers, sports 
enthusiasts, and others to preserve and restore the Chesapeake Bay.

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  The alliance has accomplished its mission by establishing several 
important programs. The alliance's public policy program builds 
consensus on issues that directly affect the bay; the Information 
Services Program provides unbiased information about issues; and the 
Watershed Restoration Program gets people involved in hands-on habitat 
restoration work.
  I urge my colleagues to acknowledge the fine work of the Alliance for 
the Chesapeake Bay and to commit themselves to preserving the important 
programs that are so vital to the health of the Chesapeake Bay.

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