George Miller: “I mean the gentleman can stand up in the well and say whatever he wants, but he has some obligation to be accurate. But…”

“I mean the gentleman can stand up in the well and say whatever he wants, but he has some obligation to be accurate. But the fact of the matter is it is a water resources act, so if the gentleman from California does what he wants to do, it requires that mitigation be temporary, not the Endangered Species Act. The gentleman says the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York [Mr. Boehlert] would have prevented the report from going forth; there is nothing in the amendment that prevents the report from going forward. And the gentleman says it would be worse than existing law, and the fact is what he does is waive the provisions of existing law requiring consultation. So the gentleman can get up here and rail against the Endangered Species Act. We have some obligation to be accurate in terms of the facts we present to the House.”