THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ___________________________________________________________________________ ___ For Immediate Release October 7, 2000 STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT Today, I vetoed a deeply flawed Energy/Water appropriations bill that threatens major environmental harm by blocking our efforts to modernize operations on the Missouri River. This anti-environmental rider would not only jeopardize the survival of three threatened and endangered species, but would also establish a dangerous precedent aimed at barring a federal agency from obeying one of our nation?s landmark environmental statutes. Additionally, this bill funded scores of special projects for special interests, it failed to provide sufficient funding for priorities in the national interest -- including environmental restoration of the Florida Everglades and the California-Bay Delta, and our strategy to restore endangered salmon in the Pacific Northwest. It also failed to fund efforts to research and develop non-polluting sources of energy through solar and renewable technologies that are vital to America?s energy security. I urge Congress to quickly produce an Energy/Water bill I can sign. 30-30-30 Message Sent To:_____________________________________________________________ Alexander N. Gertsen/WHO/EOP@EOP Carolyn E. Cleveland/WHO/EOP@EOP Lauren A. Skryzowski/WHO/EOP@EOP Wanda M. Evans/WHO/EOP@EOP Michael J. Sullivan/WHO/EOP@EOP William T. Glunz/WHO/EOP@EOP Christine L. Anderson/WHO/EOP@EOP Sean P. Maloney/WHO/EOP@EOP Edwin R. Thomas III/WHO/EOP@EOP G. Timothy Saunders/WHO/EOP@EOP Sherman A. Williams/WHO/EOP@EOP Lisel Loy/WHO/EOP@EOP David E. Kalbaugh/WHO/EOP@EOP Melissa G. Green/OPD/EOP@EOP Natalie S. Wozniak/NSC/EOP@EOP Sarah Wilson/WHO/EOP@EOP Jane T. Schaffner/WHO/EOP@EOP Patrick M. Dorton/OPD/EOP@EOP Elliot J. Diringer/CEQ/EOP@EOP Anna Richter/OPD/EOP@EOP Devorah R. Adler/OPD/EOP@EOP Christopher C. Jennings/OPD/EOP@EOP Jane T. Schaffner/WHO/EOP@EOP James E. Kennedy/WHO/EOP@EOP Sonya N. Hebert/WHO/EOP@EOP Message Copied To:_____________________________________________________________ Thomas D. Janenda/WHO/EOP@EOP Stephanie A. Cutter/WHO/EOP@EOP Loretta M. Ucelli/WHO/EOP@EOP Erika A. Batcheller/WHO/EOP@EOP Pamela P. Carpenter/WHO/EOP@EOP Christine L. Anderson/WHO/EOP@EOP Cheri L. Stockham/WHO/EOP@EOP Nanda Chitre/WHO/EOP@EOP Jason H. Schechter/WHO/EOP@EOP Richard L. Siewert/WHO/EOP@EOP Megan C. Moloney/WHO/EOP@EOP Victoria L. Valentine/WHO/EOP@EOP Anne M. Edwards/WHO/EOP@EOP Karen C. Burchard/WHO/EOP@EOP Mark A. Kitchens/WHO/EOP@EOP Jenni R. Engebretsen/WHO/EOP@EOP Lisa Ferdinando/WHO/EOP@EOP Stephen N. Boyd/WHO/EOP@EOP Gilbert S. Gonzalez/WHO/EOP@EOP James E. Kennedy/WHO/EOP@EOP Joel Johnson/WHO/EOP@EOP Margaret M. Suntum/WHO/EOP@EOP Ellen E. Olcott/WHO/EOP@EOP Mark C. Sheppard/WHO/EOP@EOP Pamela P. Carpenter/WHO/EOP@EOP Joshua S. Gottheimer/WHO/EOP@EOP Patrick E. Briggs/WHO/EOP@EOP Denver R. Peacock/WHO/EOP@EOP Susan L. Hazard/WHO/EOP@EOP Key C. German/WHO/EOP@EOP Michael A. Hammer/NSC/EOP@EOP Natalie S. Wozniak/NSC/EOP@EOP Sharon Farmer/WHO/EOP@EOP Ralph Alswang/WHO/EOP@EOP Craig A. Minassian/WHO/EOP@EOP
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