Vote ``yes'' on the bill and ``no'' on the amendment. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Grijalva). The question was taken; and the…

Again, Mr. Chairman, let's not wait again for 40 years or 9 years or 10 years. This has already been done by the study. The impact statement has already been done. The NEPA process has already been done. It has been done recently, and this…

I have an amendment at the desk, Mr. Chairman. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 6, line 21, insert ``(including the issuance of any permit that may be required from any…

Again, may I suggest we talk about this legislation. We thought 9 years ago or 8 years ago that we would have this road built. There is no Federal money involved in it. It is a road that needs to be done, and if we reinstate this language…

May I just inquire how much time is remaining? The CHAIR. The gentleman from Alaska has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from Massachusetts has 2 minutes remaining. {time} 1045

I listened to people on the other side. This is a good rule. I want to compliment the Rules Committee. It is crucially important to recognize that this is an issue that means lives: 19 people have died out of that community of King Cove…

H.R. 200 introduced by Congressman Don Young (R-AK), the Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, would substantially improve fisheries management and help bring better balance for fisheries…

We have a responsibility to generate economy in the state of Alaska.

I challenge you, Mr. Pat, on the studies you said were made, I want to see them and who wrote them.

I think it is pure nonsense.

If they think it doesn't hurt the subsistence, then that is who we should listen to.

I see more caribou now than I have ever seen. That has been a myth the whole time.

We thank him for his continuing commitment to the people of the Arctic Slope and to passing legislation to finally permit responsible development within the Coastal Plain of ANWR.

I think it is time for us to start listening to people that live there and work there.

we should listen to the people who live there

See, Mr. Chairman, I am bringing this up, it was extortion. Extortion. The agency itself said that they had to pay a fee to get their permits.

I really think we have a responsibility to generate economy in the state of Alaska.

This legislation, H.R. 220, allows for the expansion of the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project on Kodiak Island, Alaska--by the way, which is larger than New Jersey. The Terror Lake Hydroelectric project provides 31 megawatts of hydropower…

The prior administration refused to listen to the people, especially in Alaska.

I feel sorry for you in many ways. You have been before the Senate, I believe, before two committees.

I commend you on that.

Our job is to write this budget, and I know the Secretary knows it.

I have great fondness for wildlife refuges and preserves, et cetera, but I do not appreciate agencies that set the policy against the law, and do not allow access.

That is not the way to operate a park or a refuge or any other area that is owned by the public.

I had the privilege last Sunday to be an observer in Puerto Rico for the plebiscite and watch the people of Puerto Rico make the decision that they would like to be the 51st State. I think it is time for this Congress to make the 3,400,000…