Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Lucas). The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill, add the following: (d) Consideration.--Any instrument…

Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of my amendment to H.R. 2087. This is a very simple amendment. It ensures that Federal taxpayers are compensated for the land that is moving out of public ownership and into private development. The…

I don't think this subcommittee, this Committee, or Congress is the appropriate place to litigate a memorial design or a potential family dispute.

This is a very unusual hearing. I cannot help but feel that we are micromanaging something well outside our purview.

To say that the Eisenhower family had gone along with every aspect of this process would not be correct, and we found it important to correct the record.

I am not an art critic. I doodle, but I do not consider it art.

However, I do not think this subcommittee, the full Committee, or Congress is the appropriate place to litigate a memorial design or a potential family dispute.

the family is committed to playing its role in assuring that the process and the design reflect an open and transparent process.

first of all, he was a very modest man. He would have expected something far less dramatic, far less--he would have wanted something on a smaller scale, I believe.

Mr. Chairman, I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 1837, the San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act. This legislation repeals existing State law and, frankly, leaves no State safe. If enacted, H.R. 1837 would set an unprecedented…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the legislation. This bill is too controversial and should not be on the suspension calendar. Last year the majority held a hearing on the issue in the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public…