Alan Lowenthal

I hope we can have a constructive conversation that enables everyone to tell their side of the story.

That is why I am the sponsor of America's Red Rock Wilderness Act.

Federal land management agencies must be responsible to the needs of local communities across the United States, but this is even more important in places like St. George where the city is nearly surrounded by Federal land and the future…

You are familiar with the portion of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act that deals with the corridor, yes?

This land is not only a lifesaver for the desert tortoise, its popularity is an economic driver for Washington County.

I can tell you, after just arriving here, that St. George is a growing community.

Unfortunately, prior to this hearing, this draft plan appeared symptomatic of this Administration's view of Federal lands in the West: Let's lock up as many acres as possible and use any means necessary to limit or end grazing, energy…

We have to recognize the complexity of developing a management plan that prioritizes conservation, as Congress intended, and satisfies regional development goals.

Finger-pointing will not get us anywhere.

I've heard from my friend and colleague Rep. Stewart and the local community that the draft plan, if implemented, would greatly reduce livestock grazing, dampen recreational opportunities, preclude the export of water to local…

Thank you. My first question is for Ms. Whitlock.

I would like to talk in response to some of the points raised by my esteemed colleagues from the other side about the doom and gloom of job loss numbers that they presented. I believe 70,000 jobs will be lost with the proposed rule or we…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 235, noes 188, not voting 10, as follows: [Roll No. 42] AYES--235…

And I would like to respond to my colleague's comments about the lack of any health impacts of mountaintop mining, quoting a study from Johns Hopkins University about the lack of any identifiable birth defects that are correlated with coal…

In closing, I would like to read a few lines from a letter that was sent from a coalition of 35 national and local groups which are strongly opposed to this bill. They write: ``The proposed stream protection rule is essential to protect…

I would just like to respond to some of the attacks from the other side that are supporting the STREAM Act that the administration's stream protection rule is really an attempt to destroy jobs, it is really part of, as one of my colleagues…

I think the focus of what you have heard a lot is China, what are we going to do to deal with China in terms of the pressure that China has.

This amendment makes a small change to section 2 to make the bill somewhat more palatable to scientific publishers. So I will not oppose it, but it does nothing to actually improve the bill itself nor the requirement surrounding the…

How much time do I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California has 8\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Colorado has 9\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 3878, the Strengthening Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Coordination in Our Ports Act of 2015. Mr. Speaker, in southern California, I represent the Port of…

Today I rise to celebrate Human Rights Day, the anniversary of the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was signed in 1948. Today is the 67th anniversary of that, as I just indicated. I also just introduced a…

I came to talk about no harmful omnibus policy riders, and I hope to get to that point, but my thoughts and prayers go out to the people of San Bernardino, the victims, and the families who have been affected by this violence. Again, I…

I want to continue on the discussion that has been raised by a number of people on our side of the aisle, which really talks about the stark differences in the funding levels.

I think that is really a very, very important message for the United States not only to shift but to send that message.

I really hope that the Majority works with the Minority on this bill to make what is now a good bill an even better bill.