SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATIONS MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY THE ENVIRONMENT

December 19, 2003
Press Release

APRIL 23, 2004

SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
THE ENVIRONMENT

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued "The Bush Administration Misstatement of the Day" on the environment.

During his remarks today at Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, in Naples, Florida, President Bush said:

"Now we've been working with the state of Florida. We've been working hard because we share a common goal to conserve our environment"
However, according to a new Earth Day Report released by Florida PIRG, "Florida's environment faces a long list of challenges because of the Bush administration's environmental policies." Specifically, the report states:
Over the last three years, the Bush administration has proposed numerous policies to allow more pollution in our air and water, more logging in our national forests, and more drilling on sensitive public lands, while ignoring the pressing need to address global warming pollution, rapidly clean up toxic waste sites, and reduce our dependence on foreign oil.