Seventeen million acres are set aside already. The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Connecticut controls the time. Ms. DeLAURO. If the gentleman would just back off. Okay? At 17 million acres--roughly the size of West Virginia--the Tongass is…

Will the gentlelady yield? Ms. DeLAURO. I would love to do that, dear colleague, but I can't. I need to be back in Appropriations.

It's not old-growth timber. This is land that's already been cut over, but they want to use it like Silviculture, growing timber forever, not like the Forest Service now, keeping old timber not cut. This is the right thing to do. The idea…

I can say that this is somewhat difficult for me because I have a rule about laws that are being passed in Members' districts, and I usually support. Mr. Franks represents that district. And I will say, Mr. Grijalva has made some…

In 1999, the United States Court of Federal Claims awarded a $20 million settlement to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, pursuant to the Nelson Act and various treaties that are not covered by the Nelson Act, for various accounting obligations…

I have no further speakers. Mr. Speaker, I urge passage of this legislation. And I misspoke a moment ago. Congressman Collin Peterson has been fighting this battle for years and years, and I'm glad to finally see that he has succeeded. He…

Will the gentleman yield for a moment? If he doesn't have the time, I will yield him additional time. Does the tribe in question have a casino on their own property?

I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…

At this time, I yield 5 minutes to the author of the bill, Congressman Franks from Arizona.

Mr. President, I am pleased to follow my colleague from Colorado who has come to the floor to recognize a very fine public servant who has been with him and the Senate for years. I, too, today rise to speak of an Alaskan who has dedicated…

I thank the Chair and yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming is recognized. A Second Opinion

Madam President, I would like to thank my colleagues for coming to the floor and especially thank Senator Whitehouse for organizing all of us to come here to speak on an issue that is really the core of what we do here: to figure out how…

Mr. President, I come to the floor today to discuss the farm bill that is now before the Senate. I want to say at the outset that this is a reform-minded bill that saves money and continues the evolution of farm policy in our Nation. I…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. ___. None of the funds made available by this…

It is no secret that the Obama administration wants to phase out the 287(g) program. This program has successfully teamed up local law enforcement with Federal agents to pursue a wide range of investigations such as human smuggling, gang…

This program actually cuts costs. It's a program that is very efficient. It's one that has to be implemented at the local levels because the Federal Government has failed to do its job. The Federal Government doesn't do anything in…

I believe the 287(g) program has been a huge success, and I disagree with my colleagues on the other side that it's not. What we're trying to do is get rid of criminal illegal immigrants in our country that are raping people, involved in…

At this time, I would like to engage the distinguished chairman in a colloquy regarding the Polar Sea, the Coast Guard's second heavy icebreaker. It has been decommissioned and will soon be put in dry dock to prepare it for scrapping…