Our bill responds to the tremendous desire of young people to have the greatest opportunity possible to be active, creative, and productive citizens in our society.

I am pleased today to introduce, along with my colleagues... the Younger Americans Act.

This legislation authorizes funding for the Bureau of Reclamation to continue the endangered fish recovery implementation programs.

Mr. Speaker, I rise to highlight an ongoing injustice: state taxation of the income of Native American servicemen and women.

Gloria Flora, forest Supervisor of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in Nevada resigned last week, citing relentless 'fed-bashing.'

Rather than perpetuate the disregard and disdain for the government and its laws, I urge my colleagues to use their good offices to create a climate of decency and cooperation.

It is deeply distressing that public servants who are administering and enforcing the law are subjected to such hostile circumstances that they are forced to leave their jobs and homes.

He has played a pivotal role in the acquisition of a number of key regional parks and trails, significantly contributing to the Park District's acreage increasing by 40,000 acres since 1978.

We all owe Ted a debt of gratitude for his successful and tireless efforts to preserve and protect precious lands in the Bay Area for generations of Californians.

I rise today to invite my colleagues to join me in congratulating Ted Radke on the occasion of his 20th year of service on the East Bay Regional Park District Board of Directors.

Ted has been a member of the Board's Executive, Finance and Workforce Diversity Committees, the Contra Costa Water District/EBRPD Liaison Committee, and many others.