So Congress is Buying Bush a Yacht!

Keith Gaby for the League of Conservation Voters said:
That’s right. Congress is spending $2 million to buy a presidential yacht while, in the very same bill, they slashed the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) budget for sewage treatment by 20 percent.
Tell Congress to get its priorities straight and put our health ahead of luxury cruises for George Bush!
Take Action Now!
At a time of record budget deficits, tell Congress what you think their spending priorities.
Congress slashed EPA's budget by $277 million. The budget-cutting hatchet effects the following programs.
Water, Water, Everywhere (Except in this Budget!) The largest single reduction in the EPA budget is funds for reducing sources of pollution including sewage plants, water purification facilities, and targeted pollution-prevention investments.
Research Takes a Hit.
The Bush Administration frequently talks about basing policy on “sound science,” yet cut EPA’s Science and Technology programs.
Superfund: Polluters Make the Mess, Taxpayers Pay for Cleanup. The Superfund program is based on the principle that polluting companies should be held accountable for the messes they make, yet this budget effectively abandons the “polluter pays” principle by failing to call for reinstatement of the Superfund fees to pay for the program.
Don’t let Congress and the President get away with cutting the EPA’s budget while buying a presidential yacht. Tell Congress to get their priorities straight.
Take Action Now! We should never have to make the choice between funding for sewage treatment, Superfund, research, and a presidential yacht.
Thank you,
Keith Gaby
League of Conservation Voters