[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 22, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H4376]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              BIPARTISAN EFFORT TO REPEAL CLEAN WATER ACT

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, up to today, I was concerned that my friends 
on the Republican side were only trying to defeat great Democratic 
programs of the 20th century. Medicare, which will be celebrating its 
46th birthday next month, is one of the great laws that have been 
passed in this House, and yet it's in danger. Medicare as we know it is 
in danger.
  Social Security passed in the thirties, one of the great social 
advances of the 20th century under President Franklin Roosevelt, but 
also endangered--all Democratic activities and Democratic Congresses. 
But today I saw there was a bipartisan effort to destroy the work of 
the 20th century. In the Transportation Committee, a bill coming to 
this floor is going to try to end the Clean Water Act. So it's 
bipartisan.
  Richard Nixon passed the Clean Water Act. I'm a history buff, and I 
think Richard Nixon should be known not just for Watergate, but for 
clean water. I hope they don't repeal Richard Nixon's signature 
achievement, the Clean Water Act.

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