[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 52 (Monday, April 22, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3656]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         HONORING THE LEGACY OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT ON EARTH DAY

  (Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to have with me a group of 
outstanding high school students from southwest Florida. They are 
participating in a unique congressional classroom program designed to 
examine the role of Government. Today--Earth Day--we are heading to 
Roosevelt Island, a living monument to a President who defined the 
proper role of Government in conservation. In 1907, Teddy Roosevelt 
said:

       To waste, to destroy our natural resources, to skin and 
     exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its 
     usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our 
     children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand 
     down to them amplified and developed.

  These stirring words ring just as true today. I hope all Americans 
will join in honoring the legacy of Teddy Roosevelt, reflecting upon 
the importance of careful stewardship of our planet.
  Mr. Speaker, this is not a partisan matter, this is not a matter of 
extremism. This is a matter of good sense and good will that all 
Americans will share in.

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