[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10405]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    RECOGNIZING EARTH DAY AND REINTRODUCING NO CHILD LEFT INSIDE ACT

  (Mr. SARBANES asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SARBANES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Earth Day 
and to reintroduce the No Child Left Inside Act, which will strengthen 
environmental education in our Nation's schools. By enhancing 
environmental education, we can teach our youth how to be environmental 
stewards and grow the next generation of scientists and innovators to 
solve our energy and environment challenges.
  This Earth is the only home we have. If we do not put ourselves on a 
more sustainable path, if we do not reach across party lines, if we do 
not reach out across culture, faith, class, and race to meet these 
challenges, our children and grandchildren will pay the price. They 
will inherit a planet in peril with increasingly diminished resources 
and even less time to act.
  I rise today to call on all Americans to think locally about how they 
can have a positive impact on our environment, and I urge my colleagues 
to think globally when we consider a long-term responsible and 
sustainable energy strategy.

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