Mr. Chairman, I give thanks to the Natural Resources Committee for their hard work on this issue. As my good friend, Jeff Landry, the Congressman from Louisiana reminds us, drilling equals jobs. And Republicans have a plan for job creation…

But we have to have a little--we need to have a little balance and common sense in here.

they are going to end up hurting a lot of poor and lower income and working people in the process.

Don't you think that in these urban areas, where the forest land bumps up to urban areas, you know, with a little bit of public awareness campaigns about what that smoke means during prescribed burning would go a long way toward saving the…

But we have talked in this Committee many times about what the environmental policies that were put in place during the late--well, mid-1990s forward, that decimated the timber industry in the Northwest.

we have definitely got to get back to best management practices with regard to managing the United States forest lands

we have the Sumter National Forest in my district, and we constantly have complaints from local citizens when the United States Forest Service does control burns

the largest forest fire in a generation in South Carolina burned 19,000 acres, $20 million in damage, 76 homes destroyed

I am convinced, Senator Smith, that broadcasters would find themselves in the catbird seat because of their owning control of such a package of content.

We are particularly appreciative of Senator DeMint's efforts to begin the dialogue on the role that government should play in the television marketplace.

We applaud the leadership shown by Chairman Rockefeller, Ranking Member Hutchison, Senator Kerry, Senator DeMint and other Members of the Committee.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this important hearing and for your continued interest in the video market.

I am convinced if we kept talking, that you would convince yourselves that this free market approach is the best approach.

Mr. Speaker, this month, in Politico, Todd Harrison, a defense analyst at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, warned of the impacts that sequestration will have on the Department of Defense civilian work force if action is…

What Afghanistan has to offer is more heartache and trouble.

For the foreseeable future, what Afghanistan has to offer is trouble and difficulty.

Mr. Chairman, 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 South Carolina will be postponed.

This is a follow-up amendment to an amendment that I had offered and we had a chance to debate, and once again I thank the chairman for the opportunity yesterday to discuss the issue before the amendment was ruled out of order. As you…