[CPEO-MEF] RRPI to be proposed, opposed again

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

News From Congresswoman Hilda L. Solis
32nd Congressional District of California

www.house.gov/solis

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   March 23, 2006

Solis Denounces Defense Department's Continued Attacks on Public Health 
and the Environment

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Solis, Ranking Democrat of the Energy 
and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous 
Materials, issued the following statement today  regarding continued 
efforts by the U.S. Department of Defense to exempt itself from 
important public health and environmental laws. This week, Defense 
Department submitted its "Range Readiness and Preservation Initiative" 
for consideration by Congress again.

"I am disappointed that the Defense Department is insisting on 
continuing its efforts to win exemptions from public health and 
environmental laws. These exemptions would endanger the public health 
and welfare of military families and surrounding communities, and 
jeopardize our drinking water supply," said Congresswoman Solis. "We 
cannot allow the military to contaminate our water, air and land, and 
decide on its own when to clean it up, if ever. Servicemen and women and 
their families, who sacrifice so much for this country, deserve better."

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org

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