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Administrator Leavitt's Speeches
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EPA Speech Database
This database includes major speeches and testimony by EPA Administrators going back to November 15, 1995.

Revitalizing Brownfields Sites (09-20-2004) Speech at the 2004 Brownfields Conference in St Louis, MO, encouraging collaboration as the key to achieving Brownfields restoration success.

Progress on Great Lakes Coordination and Collaboration (07-15-04) Speech to the International Association of Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Mayors' Conference in Chicago, reporting on the progress on the recently issued Great Lakes Executive Order of 2004.

July 4th Patriotic Service (07-04-2004) Remarks to participants at the 2004 Freedom Festival at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, honoring defenders of democracy and freedom.

Address to Annual EPA Science Forum - Washington, D.C. (06-01-2004) Speech to scientists at the EPA’s third annual Science Forum, enumerating scientific achievements and identifying future science needs and aspirations of the Agency.

Great Lakes Coordination and Collaboration (05-18-2004) Remarks delivered in Chicago, Illinois announcing the Great Lakes Executive Order of 2004, initiating regional collaboration and creating a federal task force to organize federal activities protecting the Great Lakes.

Cover Letter for report, "The Ozone Report: Measuring Progress through 2003" (World Asthma Day: 05-04-2004) Written statement on progress through 2003 reducing nationwide ozone levels to the lowest since 1980.

Earth Observation Summit II (04-25-2004) Remarks to the second Earth Observation Summit, delivered in Tokyo, Japan, outlining the future global benefits of GEOSS, an international linking of Earth Observation Systems, to track, predict, and address threats to the health of the environment and humankind.

"The Clean Air Rules of 2004: The Next Chapter in America's Commitment to Clean Air" (04-14-04) Remarks to the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., announcing the Clean Air Rules of 2004, a suite of actions that, taken together, will produce one of the most productive periods of air quality improvement in the nation's history.

"It's Our Environment Too" (04-05-04) Remarks to the National Hispanic Sustainable Energy and Environmental Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

"FY 2005 Budget: Accelerating Environmental Progress" (02-02-04) Remarks to reporters and constituents in presenting the FY 2005 budget, given at EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C.

"A Better Way" (01-21-04) Remarks to the National Association of Manufacturers given in Washington, D.C., observing that as environmental protection matures, there is a better way to achieve progress than traditional "command and control."

On Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (01-14-04) Remarks to EPA employees commemorating Dr. King's memory, accomplishments and dream, given at EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C.

"Making epa.gov the 'Best of Web'" (01-13-04) Speech to the EPA Web Workgroup given in Washington, D.C., outlining the importance of the EPA Web site as a communications vehicle and laying out challenges for making epa.gov the best federal Web site.

"It's time to start cleaning the air" (01-09-04) Speech to the Edison Electric Institute Board of Directors given in Phoenix, Arizona outlining proposed new rules for reducing power plant emissions of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and mercury and calling on utility operators to begin investing now in clean plant technology.

Inaugural speech (12-02-03) Remarks to EPA employees outlining goals, management style and guiding principles given at EPA's Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C.

 

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