Norman D. Dicks

Isn't it true we already know this program works, this program received $7.5 billion, and $3.5 billion of it has been obligated and is out there as loans? I think it tripled under the loan guarantee program. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs…

Isn't it true that the industrial States are the ones that are getting most of this money because that's where the automobile industry has over the years been located?

I want to commend the gentleman. We agree with his position on this, and we oppose the amendment as well.

I just hope that we can have reports not only about the ones that are turned down. As you say, it may be that the other ones are part of the public record, but I think the report should come back with both of these if it's going to come to…

Now, we want them to do this safely. We don't want to go through what we went through, which was one of the greatest disasters in the history of the country.

Now we get to deepwater: Since an applicant first successfully demonstrated containment capabilities in mid-February of this year, BOEMRE has approved 75 permits for 21 unique wells, with 25 permits pending and 22 permits returned to the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 60, beginning on line 15, strike section 121. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Washington is recognized for 5…

Section 120 provides that for 2012 through 2014, the movement of livestock across public land shall not be subject to NEPA review. Proponents of this provision will argue that moving cattle from one location to another shouldn't require a…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 60, beginning on line 6, strike section 120. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Washington is recognized for 5…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Washington will be postponed. The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as follows: trailing…

I want to say to the chairman, if you would yield, I also tried to reintroduce the wolf in western Washington, but the chairman of the Interior Committee in the other body disagreed with me.

As I recall, the fact was that Montana and Idaho had plans that would protect the wolves if they were delisted, and then at some point they would take further action if necessary to protect the wolves if too many of them were killed. The…