the bill also prevents the Corps from implementing common sense restrictions on firearms used on Corps properties.

Personally, I don't believe it lives up to its name.

They don't feel that they do. And if you had a big group, after all, you support everybody's right to carry a gun on there, including terrorists.

Instead of burying our heads in the sand and ignoring potential impacts to children and families, I think we should make sure that experts can continue to look at this issue.

My understanding from my legal team here is that there was nothing in those agreements that overrode Federal law to conserve and preserve our wildlife refuges.

the bill creates a broad new exemption from the Toxic Substances Control Act with no ability to determine whether the products exempted are harmful to people.

I have never had a constituent in all my years, I have been in public life for 40 years in elected office, come up to me and say the water is too pure, the air is too clean.

Cardin No. 1, which reauthorizes the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act, is very important.

I think the proposal aims to more effectively engage the public by broadening notification outreach methods.

We have a lot of wilderness in our State, we have a lot of marine sanctuaries in our State, and we like it when we work with the Federal Government to tailor rules and regulations to our specific State.

Imagine a terrorist with a gun, because they do get guns, wandering around our lands, our public lands, near dams.

Lake Tahoe, if you haven't been there, it is one of our most magnificent treasures, and it is emblematic of the natural beauty of California.