Paul Gosar

H.R. 2842 is important legislation that will restore commonsense to Federal regulations, and ultimately lead to the expansion of clean hydropower production.

Chairman McClintock should be commended for his commitment to bringing legislation before this Committee to address this failure of Federal policy.

It is simply the failure of the Federal policies to facilitate an environment that is conducive to this type of development.

These types of nonsensical regulations create man-made shortages, which in turn lead to higher unemployment, and increased water, energy, and food prices.

A fundamental aspect of good government is the rule of law. The rule of law includes due process.

Due to the prevalence of this public land, the way these lands are administered by the federal government has a direct impact on almost every person residing in my district.

Currently, under the existing law, a President can unilaterally--without any public input, without one congressional hearing, and without any hallmarks of transparency--remove millions of acres of public land from public access and public…

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.

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

I introduced this legislation for that very reason.

The people should be a part of land designation decisions.

In a district like mine dominated by Federally administrated lands, these burdens disproportionately stifle economic productivity, leading to some of the highest unemployment rates in the country.

These concerns range from the ability to develop domestic sources of energy, timber salvage and harvesting, grazing, hunting, fishing, and family recreation.

This law needs to be changed, but until it is, the western states at highest risk for federal abuse need exemptions.

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

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…

We should have the guts to say that.

What we are doing is we are cost-shifting again; we are making it go back to the government.

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

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

I prefer that term because I can tell you, and back that up, that that is what it is.

I have an amendment at the table. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 36, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(decreased by $4,367,000)''. Page 88, line 9, after the dollar amount…

They were grandfathered in up to 1999, but no provisions were given for that detail past 1999.

It allows the option for choice of charter schools as defined as ``charters schools.''

We were looking that up, my colleague from Washington. We don't have that on the laptop at this point of inquiry.