I rise in support of H.R. 2807, the Rhino and Tiger Product Labeling Act, a bill introduced by the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, Jim Saxton. There is no question that intense competition for…

I would say just one thing. I was not going to get involved in this argument. But the concept that a judge can raise taxes on the public without due representation is inappropriate. Secondly, when we hear these scare tactics about clean…

I rise in support of H.R. 992, the Tucker Act Shuffle Relief Act. This bill would simplify the court procedures when a case is brought by a private property owner to protect their legal and civil rights as guaranteed in the 5th amendment…

Mr. Chairman, this is a very historical moment, one that is long overdue. In debate on the rule, there were some statements made that I think should be clarified before I go into the full text of my presentation today, why I support this…

Again, this is our opportunity, as we close this debate to thank everybody participating in the debate for their decorum and their honesty and their strong beliefs. I believe that this is the correct way to go. I believe it is the right…

This is not necessary, except only in the case where the plebiscite voted for statehood and they made the application to the Congress, the Congress votes, there is a transition stage, this goes back, and they have to reach the 75 percent?

I strongly support S. 927, and I am very pleased to see that we are considering it today. We began the process of reauthorizing the National Sea Grant College Program more than three years ago, and I hope we can now conclude it quickly…

as a cosponsor of H.R. 1787, I rise in support of this legislation to create an Asian elephant conservation fund. This measure is modeled after the highly successful African Elephant Conservation Act of 1988 and the Rhinoceros and Tiger…

In December, representatives of 150 nations will gather in Kyoto, Japan, to sign a successor treaty to the United Nations 1992 framework convention on climate change. Today, as we anticipate this important event, we will debate a…

I rise in support of H.R. 2233, the Coral Reef Conservation Act, a bill introduced by our colleagues Jim Saxton and Neil Abercrombie. While there may be only a few scattered corals in Alaska, coral reefs represent a new frontier source for…

on June 3 the House passed H.R. 1420 by a vote of 407 to 1. They approved the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act. This measure is the result of 3 years of hard work by the Committee on Resources, the minority and majority. The…

H.R. 1948 is the result of several months of work on a land exchange proposal to help the City and Borough of Sitka, Alaska, to develop new economic opportunities. Sitka is located in southeast Alaska, and is not accessible by road. Its…

I have introduced House Concurrent Resolution 124 to respond to what I call goon squad tactics taken by Canadian fishermen on the weekend of July 19, 1997. Canadian fishermen, frustrated with their Government's effort to resolve Pacific…

Mr. Chairman, H.R. 858 is a good bill. It helps working people, it helps the environment, it saves the forest, and it helps wildlife. It certainly is not everything that I hoped for in terms of timber supply, and I will be the first one to…

I cannot stand by and listen to my good friend, the gentleman from California [Mr. Miller] make the statements he has made, because we have worked on this legislation for four years. As I told the chairman of the Committee on Rules the…

The bill does not exempt the project from any environmental law and it explicitly references the spotted owl guidelines.

Again may I stress the importance of this legislation and the amendment which I offer to the original amendment by the gentleman from California. This is an interpretation which was disputed between the gentleman from California and myself…

I have letters from the administration saying that they basically support the implication of this legislation, from Mr. Glickman, the Department of Environmental Quality. What we have been trying to do for the last hour is to work out some…

H.R. 437 reauthorizes and amends the National Sea Grant College Program Act of 1966. This bill was introduced by Jim Saxton, and a number of Members, like me, who believe that this has been an effective Federal program. Sea Grant was…

I strongly support H.R. 908, but I want to talk about the ninth circuit itself. It is an empire. A lot of people do not understand this. It covers a land mass the size of Western Europe, including nine States and two territories. It serves…

we can have the endangered species protected and the people protected. I want to keep stressing that. We have heard people talk about my wanting to repeal the Endangered Species Act. I never attempted to repeal the Endangered Species Act…

the bill before us is H.R. 478, the Flood Prevention and Family Protection Act of 1997. The Committee on Resources reported the bill to the House on April 10 by 29 votes, including 6 Democratic votes. As my colleagues know, in the last…

I just want to refute what the ranking member said. We did not repeal the Endangered Species Act, nor did we attempt to. We tried to rewrite it without any help from the minority at all, and this administration has been asked many times…

If it is a federally controlled levee. If it is a district, such as in the Sutter Basin, if that is under district control then Fish and Wildlife can only give them the authority, and they do not have that authority. That is what happened…

Reclaiming my time, we cannot say there will never be another flood, I will not say that, but it is ridiculous to allow a flood because we were supposedly protecting the habitat of the elderberry beatle, which they have never seen, by the…