[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12206]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          CUTS TO EPA FUNDING

  (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, I was dismayed to see the 
Interior, Environment Appropriations Subcommittee approve a 2014 
funding bill that cuts EPA funding by 34 percent. Such a drastic, 
unnecessary cut would prevent EPA from addressing critical air quality, 
water quality, and climate change issues that have direct impacts on 
human health.
  As everyone knows by now, we are already feeling the impacts of 
climate change--stronger storms, more severe droughts, hotter heat 
waves. But it's our children and our grandchildren who will bear the 
brunt of these impacts in the future.
  Children are especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change. 
We've already seen that there are higher rates of asthma and infectious 
diseases in children. These proposed cuts to EPA will only make things 
worse.
  Mr. Speaker, we have the opportunity and the responsibility to act 
now to protect our children and our grandchildren from the impacts of 
climate change.
  I urge my colleagues, let's stop these shortsighted political games 
and start taking action to address climate change and protect the long-
term health of future generations.

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