I am worried that history is about to repeat itself with the Republican Majority either allowing PILT to expire or targeting the program for...
What we must not do is cut PILT and then use that cut as an excuse to degrade our environmental safeguards on public lands.
If programs like PILT and Secure Rural Schools are truly vital to our rural communities throughout the West, then we must find ways to fully...
And that would be a significant transfer of funds, would it not?
Some units of local governments that are already fairly well off receive large PILT payments while some areas that have very limited resourc...
Our public lands provide substantial benefits to states and local counties from travel and tourism dollars.
And it appears that there was a period from 1995 to 2007 when the amounts appropriated to the program fell short of the authorized levels.
I will not ask you which party was in Majority from 1995 to 2006. I will leave that for people to figure it out.
We must reauthorize PILT and we must continue to provide the support these counties and communities need.
Well, thank you. It is a relief to have that question resolved once and for all. I appreciate it.
This bill will serve as a blueprint to bring our country back economically, create jobs and give Americans hope again for the future. Now, o...
Why did BP decide to save money rather than lives?
Its singular goal is to delay, and openly prevent, union representation elections.
We should, however, be certain about one thing. Working families are hurting through no fault of their own, and need this Congress to take a...
Rather than focusing on getting Americans back to work, the majority is stubbornly continuing their ideological war against workers and thei...
It makes absolutely no sense to those people. I am talking about hard-working, taxpaying American public that actually needs transportation ...
It is absolutely insane that we continue down this path.
It makes absolutely no sense. I can stock a Chevy Cruze, which is about a $17,500 car and turns every 30 to 40 days out of inventory, or I c...
