[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 43 (Wednesday, April 17, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H1344]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            ENVIRONMENTAL ROLLBACKS BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

  (Mr. HOLT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, despite the fact that a majority of Americans 
believe that we should do more, not less, to protect our environment, 
President Bush is pursuing several policies to roll back environmental 
progress.
  Let us look at our national parks. Despite the clear evidence that 
snowmobile use is not compatible with the preservation and public 
enjoyment of Yellowstone, our world's oldest national park, the 
President is pushing to roll back a rule that would prevent snowmobile 
use there, a rule that the EPA said was among the most thorough and 
substantial scientifically based rules they had seen.
  Right now, the administration and the Republican majority here is 
also trying to roll back a ban on personal watercraft like jet skis in 
our national parks, despite the clear indication from rangers that 
these have a negative effect on the enjoyment and preservation of the 
parks.
  Mr. Speaker, our environment and our national parks belong to all of 
us, and we cannot let these series of environmental rollbacks ruin them 
for us.

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