SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATIONS MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
November 6, 2003
NOVEMBER 6, 2003
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONWASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on environmental protection
SCHAKOWSKY: BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MISSTATEMENT OF THE DAY -
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONWASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) issued today's "Bush Administration's Misstatement of the Day" on environmental protection
President Bush, during remarks to honor Environmental Youth Award Winners, said:
For three decades now, the Environmental Protection Agency has helped to carry out our national commitment to the wise care of the environment. The agency has worked with many private citizens who understand that each have a duty to be good stewards of the land and life around us. (President Bush, 4/24/01)The New York Times, however, reported today:
A change in enforcement policy will lead the Environmental Protection Agency to drop investigations into 50 power plants for past violations of the Clean Air Act, lawyers at the agency who were briefed on the decision this week said. ...Congressional critics, environmental groups and officials in some Northeast states described the change as a major victory for the utility industry and a defeat for environmentalists, who had viewed the cases as the best way to require the companies to install billions of dollars of new pollution controls. (New York Times, 11/6/03)