I am stating that because of the management protections on the Federal land, and the restrictions on the Federal land, it has given extra freedom for the State lands to be managed with different priorities.

I think that is important to keep reminding ourselves, and not overstate the issue.

We will protect our environment better than the current regulations do.

And those are the trends that should be getting our attention at this point.

There are two kinds of fires. There is coffee-and-bagel fire and beer-and-peanut fires.

Absolutely. That is the end result of where this bill needs to bring us, because the bill before us is a pilot project to just prove that we can----

Science and fact-based decision-making hasn't always been the rule, in terms of legislation.

Unfortunately, it had become the means of a radical environmental groups to target private citizens by challenging in court their rights to natural resource uses such as livestock grazing.

Mr. Chairman, let me yield 1 minute to the gentlelady from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky).

Mr. Chairman, in presenting our Back to Work budget, a budget of the Progressive Caucus of this House, we are first pleased to announce that in less than 48 hours, 105,000 citizen cosponsors have joined with us in presenting this budget…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON…