Steven Holt

I thank the gentleman. As we've heard the gentleman from Maryland say many times, ``Representative'' is not just a title. It's our job description. We need to hear from our constituents. And our constituents have told us over and over…

I thank my colleague, the ranking member on the committee. This Republican-led House has already cast 302--soon to be more-- anti-environmental votes in this Congress. In our last week in session before the election in November, our eighth…

I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, this legislation is drafted so broadly that it's likely to cause real damage. It would prevent the Interior Department from issuing nearly any new regulation under the Surface Mining…

Today we have before us a bill that tells the American taxpayers to take a hike--not to take a walk in the woods, but to give up their place in any decisionmaking, to get lost, a hike from democracy and engagement in our…

The chairman must think that it is so inconvenient to deal with a pesky public. Whether this is congressionally mandated or comes about in any way, something of this scale, that of involving the public's land, should involve the public in…

On this day, as on every day, we should be working toward a better future for America. Yet, by almost any measure, days in session, committee markups held, bills voted on or signed into law, this is one of the least productive Congresses…

Do you think that the Congress of the United States might do better if we don't meet in person, if we stay home and get on conference calls every once in a while and phone in? I don't think so. I think the gains that are made in good…

I thank my friend from Missouri. Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 4631. I oppose this bill because it would make significant changes to Federal employees' ability to travel to conferences and meetings. Although I appreciate the…

I would like to thank my colleagues from the Natural Resources Committee for working with me to bring this bill to the floor today, our bipartisan bill, which is the American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act. I was pleased to…

(Mr. HOLT asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Today we are considering the so-called President Obama's Proposed 2012-2017 Offshore Drilling Lease Sale Plan Act (H.R. 6168). This legislation, to require the Department of the Interior to conduct the very offshore drilling plan they are…

In 1969, many in America encountered the phrase ``oil spill'' for the first time. Off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, there was what has now become the granddaddy of oil spills. Currently representing that area and those beaches is…