[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 494]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       H.R. 3662 AND S.J. RES. 22

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                         HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR.

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 13, 2016

  Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to make todays votes due to 
important business in my district. Had I been here, I would have voted 
against both H.R. 3662 and S.J. Res. 22.
  S.J. Res. 22, the bill to kill the Waters of the United States rule, 
is a cynical attempt to endanger the public health to score points with 
anti-environmental interests.
  At this very moment, parents in Flint, Michigan are worried about 
their children's future after toxic lead exposure in their water. The 
blame for their concerns belongs here and in Lansing where anti-
environmental interests have co-opted elected leaders. Today, 
Republicans spoke about the governors who have not challenged the 
Waters of the United States rule, saying they were too afraid to stand 
up for corporate interests. Bills like S.J. Res. 22 leave me wondering 
when my colleagues across the aisle will have the courage to stand up 
to corporate interests and for their constituents.
  H.R. 3662 is a similarly wrong-headed bill, which requires the 
President to certify things he cannot know or prove, and would have the 
effect of blocking the Iran Deal from going into place. Bills that 
serve no purpose other than inflaming tensions between the United 
States and Iran have no place in this body, and I strongly condemn this 
attempt to derail the Iran Deal.

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