We cannot afford to allow additional economic activity to be forever foreclosed by the stroke of the President's pen.

I understand well the anger and frustration that many of my constituents felt when, with no meaningful opportunity to provide input on this momentous decision, their lives and communities were changed forever.

This is why I believe it is critical this Congress reforms the national monument designation process.

I introduced this legislation for that very reason.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of the memory of the late Sergeant Darrell Curley of the Navajo Police Department who, after 26 years of dedicated service, lost his life in the line of duty on June 25, 2011. Sergeant Curley was killed…

life isn't fair, never has, never will be. If you are a business, you should never complain about a profit.

We should have the guts to say that.

I am a believer we need reform, but not the reform I saw.

Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will be postponed. The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as follows…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 76, lines 10 and 13, insert after each dollar amount the following: ``(increased by $10,000,000)''. Page 80, line 1…

I rise today to offer an amendment to H.R. 2584, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2012. This summer, over a million acres of Forest Service lands, as well as another 600,000 acres of…