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- 1. Who took the "natural" out of the "Natural Resources Committee"?
- a Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska)
- 2. What percentage of Americans think environmental laws and regulations
"don't go far enough" or "are about right"?
- c 67 percent (American Viewpoint Poll, Dec. 1995)
- 3. What was the average League of Conservation Voters scorecard rating for
freshman Republicans in 1995?
- a 12 percent
- 4. How many acres of public lands in Utah were protected as a national
monument this year?
- a 1,700,000
- 5. How many acres of public lands in Utah is the Sierra Club working
to protect as wilderness?
- a 5,700,000
- 6. Match the following quotes with the speakers?
- a) "We're in charge. We don't have to compromise with the Senate.
We don't have to compromise with the president.
We're only going to fund the programs we like."
- Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas)
- b) "I love the environment, but I'm cheap on loving
the environment."
- Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.)
- c) With regards to endangered species, "Give them all a
designated area and then blow it up."
- Rep. Sonny Bono (R-Calif.)
- d) The representative who couldn't take salmon's endangered
species status seriously. "How can I when you go in and you can buy
a can of salmon off the shelf in Albertsons?"
- Rep. Helen Chenoweth (R-Idaho)
- 7. What chemical did Tom DeLay (R-Texas)
describe as "not harmful"?
- c DDT
- 8. What percentage of Americans live within four miles of a
Superfund site?
- b 25 percent (Washington Post)
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