Hindsight is always 20-20. And I think for all of us, we wish there would have been something that could have been done to have prevented the horrific tragedy that occurred during that time.

I think that is important for those who have concerns about whether we are moving ahead with concepts on what we do with nuclear weapons.

Mr. Speaker, I am today introducing a bill to designate Rocky Flats as a National Wildlife Refuge once that former nuclear-weapons site in Colorado is cleaned up and closed.

Congratulations to everybody associated with Metro State for bringing home this impressive championship--a victory of which all of the people of Denver and the State of Colorado can be very proud.

Mr. Speaker, today I honor the NCAA Division II National Basketball Champion Metro State Roadrunners from Denver, Colorado.

I returned from my trip resolved to redouble my attempts to conserve these resources for future generations.

Mr. Chairman, we don't need any more timber roads. Construction of timber roads uses U.S. taxpayer dollars to pay for the business costs of the timber industry, and results in the degradation of soil, water quality and wildlife habitat.

If you pull out your calculator, Mr. Chairman, you'll find that 440,000 miles is enough to encircle the globe 17 times; that's ten times more road miles than we have in the Interstate Highway System.

We don't need any more timber roads. Construction of timber roads uses U.S. taxpayer dollars to pay for the business costs of the timber industry, and results in the degradation of soil, water quality and wildlife habitat.

I don't think that's smart horse-trading, Mr. Chairman.

The taxpayer ends up paying the cost for these damages--and too often the damage cannot be undone.

I urge my colleagues to support the Miller amendment to protect roadless areas in our National Forest System.

These timber roads initiate erosion of soil, deposit sedimentation into streams, damage water quality, degrade fish habitat, fragment wildlife habitat, disrupt wildlife migration routes, and destroy the quiet beauty of our National Forests.

Mr. Chairman, I rise today to express my support for the amendment offered by the gentleman from California.

I supported the McCarthy amendment because it contained common sense proposals that would have closed the gun show loophole.

My constituents don't care about politics. They care about whether their children are going to be safe when they are at school.

I urge you to pass the Juvenile Justice bill with the gun control amendments passed by the Senate.

I'm afraid this Conference Agreement would become the supplemental that ate the surplus.