At this time, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Idaho (Mr. Simpson).

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, timely action on this bill will allow the Forest Service to implement an earlier congressional action intended to allow continued operation of certain commercial recreational services…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, since 1918, the United States has signed four migratory bird treaties with Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Russia. In 1997, the Canada and Mexico treaties were revised to allow Alaska…

You are not going to get the $10 billion from this Congress to build a new icebreaker. That simple.

I think we can solve this problem, instead of, you know, working together to get icebreaker capability in the Arctic.

And if we don't have cooperation from the Federal--cooperation, not dictation--then we have a real challenge.

I do appreciate your having this hearing, because we are an Arctic nation.

You are getting a black eye because you are not managing with people.

I just think we can do it.

I actually believe that I can get a proposal to you, if you would be receptive, for a vessel to do the job for a lot less.

I still believe leasing is the option we should take place, not foreign vessels.

It is this ingrown 'I have got to own it' atmosphere. We have got a problem.

In the meantime, we don't have icebreakers, and all the rest of the countries do have icebreakers.

I acknowledge my good friend, John Dingell, for the work we have done together on a lot of fish and wildlife issues.

Your agent is a hot-dog. That is what he is. And interfered with Alaskan Natives and the raven has always been used as a sacred bird in their testimony and in their culture.

Do not cite anybody in my state again until we work this issue out because if you do not, we will do it legislatively because this is silly when you are using a dead bird's feather that has no value to anyone.

If we build an icebreaker, we are going to charge the hell out of you. I can tell you that right now.

I want to thank the gentleman from Michigan, Chairman Camp, for his work on this important legislation. H.R. 4719, the America Gives More Act of 2014, is a package of bipartisan bills to improve or make permanent several tax rules…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I would like to go through history. The former chairman of the Infrastructure Committee on the last large highway bill, SAFETEA-LU, that was passed, I had a dear friend from Minnesota named…

I thank the gentleman for yielding to me. With all due respect to the gentleman offering this amendment, yes, we are one State; but if you took all of the land from the tip of Maine to the tip of Florida, from the Mississippi River over…

Today, I would like to recognize and thank Mr. Randy Erickson, a constituent from Kodiak, Alaska. Recently, on behalf of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association's International Foundation, he traveled from Kodiak, Alaska, to…

There is a value when they can be hunted; there is a value when they can in fact be managed; there is a value when you let a country manage its game.

I hope that some of my colleagues follow up, sir, because I am disgusted right now with our government and the Fish and Wildlife Department for putting up a 'fuscade'--I call it a 'fuscade'--for saying this is for conservation. It is not.

We are sticking our nose in somebody's business, very frankly.

I suggest respectfully, Mr. Chairman, let us listen to those countries that are directly involved.