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Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to give this speech in full. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Taxes Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the impending tax hike which, if allowed to…

Madam Speaker, I appreciate Chairman Issa and his foresight and leadership on this issue in driving this forward. This is so, so important to our country and our nation, and for the Federal Government to operate properly. Madam Speaker, I…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I appreciate the bipartisan nature in which this is moving forward. I appreciate specifically Chairman Rogers, Chairman Issa, and the ranking member. I stand in support of this amendment. I think FOIA is…

the Department of the Interior ignored local concerns and local input.

The Committee will come to order. You just heard the gavel bang.

I ask unanimous consent to include any Members' opening statements in the hearing record if submitted to the clerk by the close of business today.

This bill will restore reasonable pedestrian and motorized access to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area.

Good grief, this is a recreation area. And the only thing you seem to be prohibiting is recreation.

This is a recreation area. It should be a primary concern.

the park's new ORV policy has destroyed the economies of the community by limiting or cutting the access to the park.

The Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands is meeting today to hear testimony on how the national park visitors are increasingly being denied access to our national parks in all defiance of common sense.

these overly restrictive policies show signs of developing into a nationwide problem that may require congressional action to correct

Thank you very much. I am going to yield a minute or so of my time to Representative Jones.

I want to thank you all for coming this morning. It means a great deal that we could have your expertise in this area.

I would give the IRS a failing grade, and I suspect that the nearly 40 percent of taxpayers whose calls go unanswered would probably agree.

It is a tough job you have. So I am the last to try to find major fault with it.

This impulse to increase taxes at all costs risks a recession.