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House Concurrent Resolution 300 recognizes the necessity for the United States to maintain its significant leadership role in improving the health and promoting resiliency of coral reef ecosystems. Coral reef ecosystems are not only…
H.R. 2614, as introduced by our colleague, Representative Ken Calvert, would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial and technical assistance for new water recycling projects in Southern California. Funding these and…
I am here tonight as the Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Health Task Force to recognize April as National Minority Health Month. Designated in 2001, National Minority Health Month is sponsored by the National…
February marks the 44th annual American Heart Month, an effort to raise awareness of the single largest cause of death for both men and women in this country, heart disease. Like the country as a whole, heart disease is the leading cause…
This legislation is the companion to H.R. 2978, a bill that passed the House of Representatives this past May. S. 1219 offers a sensible and a cooperative solution to a water supply problem in eastern Montana. Too often in this body we are…
This legislation simply allows landowners to pay off their financial obligations for the Bureau of Reclamation's Minidoka Project. We believe that this legislation is appropriate and, in fact, may provide a slight financial benefit to the…
Representative Lois Capps, the author of this legislation, has been a tireless advocate for conservation of the stunning natural resources found in her district. H.R. 3534 continues her efforts by protecting and interpreting an historic…
H.R. 5861 is an acceptable compromise. While it makes technical changes to the Historic Preservation Act, it includes none of the highly controversial amendments that were first proposed by the majority. The historic preservation…
Like the bill we just considered, this measure also deals with the wilderness designation in New Hampshire and there has been no action on it by the Resources Committee. Legislation that the Senate passed last week, S. 2463, also includes…
We support H.R. 4588 to continue support of water resources research at public universities. I might add that my district is home to one of these institutes, the Water and Environmental Research Institute of the Western Pacific, or WERI…
In closing, I just want to state my support for our National Guard Civil Support Teams and for H.R. 4382. We fought long and hard for our CST in Guam and just broke ground for our facility last month.
General Francis Marion, also known as The Swamp Fox, was a pivotal figure in the American Revolutionary War and is deserving of commemoration here in our Nation's capital. No Federal funds will be used for this memorial project; and the…
I have no further speakers, we support the measure, and I yield back the balance of my time.
I wish to thank Mr. Walden and Mr. Blumenauer from Oregon for their support of this legislation. We support this legislation. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
The purpose of S. 1340 is to extend for 10 years the authorization to use surplus funds in the Pittman-Robertson wildlife restoration account to support wetlands restoration projects, coordinated under the North American Wetlands…
H.R. 409 directs the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange 160 acres of Federal land in the Sierra National Forest at Shaver Lake for an 80-acre inholding also in the Sierra National Forest. H.R. 409, Mr. Speaker, further requires that the…
The Brown Tree Snake Control and Eradication Act of 2004 will bring more Federal attention and cooperative support for dealing with the critical ecological threat in the Pacific region, the brown tree snake, a harmful invasive species. The…
The battle at Wilson's Creek was the first major engagement of the Civil War west of the Mississippi and was important in keeping Missouri in the Union. The National Park Service supports the acquisitions authorized by the bill. The…