Regardless of the perspective of my proposed solution, I think we can all agree that Federal management is both expensive and it is not working well.

there is substantial bipartisan agreement out there that the current system is not functioning.

in our areas in Alaska, again, it is the management of the parks with no input from the local people, period.

Time and again before this committee we have heard testimony from Governors' State managers about their continued ability to outperform their Federal counterparts.

May I say respectfully for the Park people, you run your parks terribly, especially in Alaska.

a Park Service, bless your heart, and a Fish and Wildlife and a BLM have done a terrible job of management, period, and communicating with one another.

That is not the America we were built on.

The Park Service has outlived its time if you keep managing it the way it is.

I see this government today as King George and his lords around him.

It is amazing as I sit on this floor after 40 years of listening to so much nonsense from the other side when it comes to energy. This increase of production in the United States came from private lands and State lands, not the Federal…

Let's make the principle of tribal self- governance, which you talk about and never follow--you never give the Indians a break for anything. You pat them on the head, give them a blanket and half a beef, and expect them to be quiet. That…

I want to thank the gentleman for commenting on this bill and supporting it, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young) that the House…

I have no further speakers. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 2640. The…

I thank the gentleman for his presentation. He has done an excellent job. I reserve the balance of my time.

The Corps has been good, but they are expanding. They just spent money, instead of on solving a problem, on a UAV, and they spent $2.3 million on a yacht. There is no reason for that, Mr. Chairman; there is no reason. This doesn't keep…

I suggest respectfully this is a very simple amendment. It is about the intrusion by the Corps into the private sector of mapping. They have been very good in the past about contracting out. I found out by reports that certain areas of the…

I reluctantly respect the gentleman's opinion, but at this time I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Duncan).

My fellow colleagues, this is an important piece of legislation. When you vote against this legislation, you are voting against the first Americans. Every one of you in this room is an immigrant. We made a trust relationship with American…

We have a plan that Congress passed in 1986. It is the Fortymile management plan. There are plenty of environmental safeguards in there.

I appreciate what you are up against, and I certainly appreciate those of you that are especially standing up for the little guy.

the BLM, they are working on a new management plan in the eastern interior, and it is getting far more restrictive.

I would simply ask: where is the justice for West Virginia and Appalachia? Where is the hope or justice for our coal mining families?

Please end the shutdown so our fishermen can get their Federal permits and get back to work.

There is no support for this. And I hope Mr. Washburn understands that.

I don't understand it. I mean, again, the market can only bear so much.