I again want to thank Congressman Scott Tipton for his leadership on these issues and for pressing to have this field hearing conducted today here in Montrose.

Eliminating Federal red tape and excessive litigation is, indeed, the only path to create healthy forests, jobs, and abundant water and power supplies.

I want to thank Congressman Scott Tipton for his leadership on these issues and for pressing to have this field hearing conducted here in Montrose.

Fortunately, from what I have seen, the American public has awakened to the ramifications of these policies and has had a bellyful of them, and it is in the process of replacing the politicians responsible for them.

No picture I have seen paints a more vivid case for returning to these sound and proven forest management practices than an aerial photo of the Fraser Experimental Forest in Colorado a few years ago that is often called the Red Hand of…

This is not environmentalism. True environmentalists recognize the damage that is done by over-growth and over-population.

The excess timber is going to come out of the forest one way or the other. Either it is going to be carried out or it will be burned out, but it will come out.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act. Today, House Republican leadership is asking low and middle income families to sacrifice their health care and basic services in order to protect…

Mr. Speaker, this bill is vivid evidence of the radicalization of the Republican Party. I recall decades ago chairing a committee in the Michigan State Senate and addressing a number of reforms affecting the lives of working men and women…

I think I'll let this thing cool down a little bit. But the gentleman on the other side of this debate is quite wrong. There's no balance in this particular bill at all. There is no balance. The cuts are devastating. Meals on Wheels for…

I thank you for the courtesy of yielding. The fact of the matter is that 1.8 million people will not be able to get the supplemental food that they get from food stamps. They're going to be hungry. That's a fact. Now, the rest of the fact…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this legislation. Our committee has participated in $83 billion worth of this package, saving our men and women in uniform from finding themselves holding wooden rifles. I use that term because it…

Mr. Speaker, this week the postal service announced a new strategy to keep rural post offices open. My district in Arkansas could have lost as many as 100 post offices. This new plan from the postal service is not perfect. The retail…

Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, May 10th, 2012, I was absent during rollcall vote No. 246 in order to attend my grandson's graduation. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on the Motion to Recommit with Instructions H.R. 5652, To…

Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, May 10th, 2012, I was absent during rollcall vote No. 249 in order to attend my grandson's graduation. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on final passage of H.R. 5326, Making appropriations for the…

Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, May 10th, 2012, I was absent during rollcall vote No. 248 in order to attend my grandson's graduation. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on the Motion to Recommit with Instructions H.R. 5326, Making…

Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, May 10, 2012, I was absent during rollcall vote No. 247 in order to attend my grandson's graduation. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no'' on final passage of H.R. 5652, To provide for reconciliation…

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the gentleman for yielding. I want to call to the attention of all of our colleagues and those who follow the work of Congress the extraordinary contribution that Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen has made to…