Opening Statement
the majority has chosen to break with this historic support for these environmental protections.
oversight hearings are supposed to be objective evaluations of an issue.
I think that I like the overall objective, but I think it has to be done comprehensively.
Of all the unresolved issues surrounding this, it is crystal clear that a consensus has not yet emerged locally.
A few weeks after I met with Supervisor Cann I was invited to a community meeting in Mariposa attended by several hundre...
I had the opportunity to meet with a group of county officials and business leaders earlier this year in Mariposa who we...
I am not a happy camper this morning with the status, the delays, and, again, the total ineffectiveness of putting a ver...
The ultimate goal is to remove as many vestiges of human activity from the park as possible.
By removing visitor services 30 miles to the west, travelers from both the northern and the southern parts of California...
But this is not a comprehensive plan that involves all the gateway communities. This is a plan that picks one winner out...
Now, if this is just about moving administrative offices, as Congressman Garamendi has suggested, is there unleased offi...
The bill does not mandate 18 acres be purchased. It says up to.
Nothing is going to get built until that process is completed. There has to be an environmental study.
There is no way that the Valley can continue in its present form.
As a buyer of a half trillion dollars worth of goods and services annually, the Federal government is a substantial econ...
This is a bill that I am proud to sponsor.
Prepared statement on H.R. 3640
