[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14874]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. NIKI TSONGAS

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 25, 2015

  Ms. TSONGAS. Mr. Speaker, I was absent from the House on September 
24th and 25th to attend my daughter's wedding.
  Had I been present, I would have voted against H.R. 348. Rather than 
improving the environmental review process under the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), this legislation would only create 
confusion, increase litigation, and undermine one of our nation's 
bedrock environmental statutes.

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