President/EPA Administrator
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| President Nixon |
“…wetlands are vital…they [serve] important function[s]…”environmentally critical.” |
| EPA Administrator Train (under President Ford) |
“…valuable…” |
| President Carter |
“…vital natural resources of critical importance…” |
| President Reagan |
“…broad international recognition of the economic, cultural, scientific, ecological, and recreational value of wetlands…” |
| EPA Assistant Administrator for Water Jensen (under Reagan) |
“…among the most fertile and productive ecosystems on earth…[w]etlands must join the list of resources vital to man.” |
| President George H.W. Bush |
“I am pleased to sign into law…the North American Wetlands Conservation Act…[to] renew…that noble commitment to improve environmental quality for all our people.” |
| President Clinton |
“The economic importance of wetlands to commercial fisheries and recreational uses is…enormous.” |
| EPA Administrator Browner (under President Clinton) |
“…America’s …wetlands…are among this country’s most valuable natural resources.” |
| EPA Administrator Johnson (under President George W. Bush) |
“Wetlands provide numerous ecological and economic services: they help to improve water quality; recharge water supplies; reduce flood risks; provide fish and wildlife habitat…and support valuable fishing and shellfish industries.” |
| President Obama |
“…wetlands…form the foundation of our nation’s water resources.” |
| President Trump |
“…a disaster…nearly every puddle or every ditch…EPA [made a] massive power grab…EPA’s regulators were putting people out of jobs by the hundreds of thousands…[t]hey treated them horribly. Horribly.” |
