Don Young

But anybody who thinks the Endangered Species Act works, I would suggest he start reading it and seeing where this Government has gone out of whack, when they tell a woman she cannot take and raise grain on her ranch because there is a…

I will say that I have been one that knows just about how much hay a team of mules can pull. I am not going to say that we are not going to add a little bit to what the mules are pulling now.

I am well aware of that. As an old river boat captain, I have never been on a sandbar yet. I know how to read the water. I know how fast the current is, and I know where I am going. Just help me out and we will get there together.

First, I want to make clear that no provision of H.R. 1675 should be read or interpreted as altering in any way the purposes or administration of the Refuge Recreation Act of 1962. Second, the term ``compatible use'' is defined in a way…

Once again, the gentleman is correct. Refuge lands may be closed for any one of three reasons specified in the bill thereby providing the Secretary with appreciable discretion. In essence, we are creating a rebuttable presumption that…

Yes, the bill states very clearly that only wildlife-dependent uses are permitted to continue only on lands added after the date of enactment of this bill. Wildlife-dependent recreation is expected to occur on existing refuge lands if the…

This provision in section 5, like the rest of H.R. 1675, is intended to recognize long-established Federal-State relationships. States have traditional primacy regarding the allocation of water resources, and this merely directs the…

This provision applies only to wildlife-dependent use of a refuge. This includes fishing, hunting, wildlife observation and environmental education.

Again, the gentleman from Michigan is absolutely correct. The exclusion of reserved water rights in the definition section of H.R. 1675 is intended to impose a limitation on the geographic boundaries of individual refuges and is not…

This provision is intended to maintain the status quo with regard to existing reserved water rights in the system, and to clarify that reserved water rights previously created at the time of withdrawal of these lands for refuge purposes…

I am suggesting with the Boehlert amendment we have solved the problems of the emergency. But we have also put a cap on the administration or the agency itself of misusing its power as it has done in the past. All we are saying is we have…

I want to bring forth to the body here that we want to protect the environment, and we also want to protect private property, the basis of our Constitution. The gentleman from New Jersey had a zero, a zero rating for private property. He…

They say it is a great success. In reality, there have been no species protected. They claim the eagle. The eagle was very viable in my State. The eagle's problem was DDT. It was not the Endangered Species Act. Once we stopped using DDT…

But they do not want to protect the species. They have not protected the species.

No scientist, and on top of that, the Fish and Wildlife, I have to give them some credit, says there is no way that the archipelago wolf would ever be there. But Mr. Speaker, the Forest Service said we have to follow through with the…

But they can. The Government can introduce a species, they can go to Canada and get a foreign wolf and bring it down, but you yourself cannot do it on your own property.

You cannot do it. You cannot even develop a wetland for species that would reside in a wetland. You cannot do it.

We had a case in my great State of Alaska where there was a petition filed by two students from New Mexico saying that the archipelago wolf possibly could live in this forest and, by even filing the petition, 535,000 acres were put off…

The gentleman says 3,000 are going to be bugs. Let us stress that, bugs, things that you squish if they get on you. You mean to tell me, if they decided that the red tick, the Mississippian tick that is awfully prevalent in the woods, and…

Mr. Speaker, I have said all along that we must be partners in this law in order to protect the species. You cannot expect the Government to protect the species by itself. The partners who should be part of it will in fact extinguish the…

Would you say that this is Government land management, Government land control, Government telling States and individuals what they have to do because the Federal Government says that is what you have to do?

My understanding is, it was valued close to a million dollars for her retirement and now is worth $30,000, if that, and, in fact, if it can be used at all. Again, it is my understanding, if I am not correct, you may answer this, that they…

I want people to remember and visualize the lady, the widow in Texas. She purchased the land in 1973, basically as retirement, if I am not mistaken.

It is rare that I apologize when I know I am speaking from my heart. It is rare that I ask this House to listen to a gentleman's understanding as he sees the issue. It is rare that I have to apologize when other gentlemen do not take the…

Apparently they were requested by the agency, but I do not believe they have been justified, and I really will tell you sincerely, kind sir, that one of our biggest problems, they request these vehicles, they have not shown where they are…