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George Miller is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing California's 7th congressional district from 1975 until his retirement in 2015. During his tenure, Miller was known for his advocacy on issues such as education, labor rights, and environmental protection. He played a significant role in various legislative efforts, including the Younger Americans Act, which aimed to enhance opportunities for youth engagement and development. Miller was also a prominent voice for Puerto Rico's self-determination, emphasizing the importance of educating residents on their status options.
Reclaiming my time, at one point the gentleman suggested you could not get to your grazing permit, and the fact is that the bill and the law allow you and do provide for access to that. That was my point. The notion--and obviously what we…
each and every Member was entitled to offer those amendments. We made our case for preprinting of the amendments because of this very exact point that the gentleman from California [Mr. Thomas] stands there with the map. We needed to know…
You have really lost the sun in this debate. You have absolutely lost the sun; if that is your characterization, then your vision is badly distorted.
No; it is the firmness when you impugn the integrity of the committee which I run or my chairmanship of that committee or me personally. There is nothing to suggest that I have to take that, and you know you made a bad error in judgment…
I rise in opposition to the amendment. I would hope that we would reject the amendment by the gentleman from Texas. I think it shows a misunderstanding of what has been taking place in this region of our country. When we talk about…
I guess the gentleman made a horrible error in judgment. My door has never been closed to people who have had an interest in a piece of legislation. And it never happened.
Well, are you incapable of having a face-to-face conversation with another Member? Are you incapable of coming over and asking me whether that characterization is accurate or not, especially when this is so important to your district? I…
No. It is accurate to say that when votes were taken, because in many instances the Republicans left the room, votes were voted by proxy on both sides. The gentleman knows that is allowed under the rules. The gentleman's side of the aisle…
do not reject this tool because Members think it is something that it is not, because they do not understand the history of what has taken place in this region among the citizens and the communities who are trying to develop their economic…
If the gentleman was in the room, he could have asked any Republican member to enforce the right to call a quorum to vote on anything. The fact is you did not do it. You fumbled the ball. You fumbled the ball, and that is it.
that is the tool that ecosystem management brings to us. In our State, in California, we have had analysis of habitats and other areas. We are now able to start to be able to tell builders and local boards of supervisors and city…
later today, unfortunately, the Secretary of the Interior, Bruce Babbitt, is going to have to participate in the biggest giveaway of American resources in the history of this country. Because of the 1872 mining law that this Congress has…
Mr. Speaker, once again the Natural Resources Committee is bringing before the House a statewide, national forest wilderness bill and once again that State is Montana. As before, the committee presents a bill that meets our obligation to…
I rise to draw the attention of the House to a crime bill provision that came out of the Natural Resources Committee. Those of us who believe this bill should address more than the aftermath of crime are convinced that recreation can be an…
It is as great as I said, I would say to the gentleman. And the Clinton administration would say that because they are misguided.
This was not about defending materials. This was about stopping, stopping the kind of outrageous behavior that would be allowed under this amendment, and preventing school districts from carrying out their functions to try and help…
Every study of this problem that we have looked at in America says adolescents are the most vulnerable, they are the most at risk. As was pointed out by the gentleman from Massachusetts, school districts did not endorse these materials…
in the 20 years I have been in the House, somehow we have visited afternoon like this from time to time when the House has the incredible ability to be so narrow-minded and so shallow in its thinking, and to be so mean in its spirit. This…
Let me just say again I have held up a whole range of materials, some which apparently people believe are obscene, some which people object to and all of that. The point is in fact that that is not official policy, and if it is, that is a…
I would say that I hope all Members of the House will reject this amendment. The language in the legislation is identical to legislation that I have introduced along with Senator Cochran of Mississippi which has over 130 cosponsors. It has…
the issue of crime, and especially juvenile crime, has understandably angered and outraged our Nation. Today, perhaps 60 percent of violent crimes are committed by young people between the ages of 10 and 20 years old. For millions of these…
it is a condition of the funding. What they point out is you are reducing the educational dollars to take care of now another problem you want local government to solve, which is not of their making. They do not create the immigration laws…
It is talking about the merits. Somebody is going to have to talk about the costs.
I was just going to point out that, as I understand it, the debate that has gone on here, we are trying to stop the sins of the past. There is no question we asked for a huge amount of information from school districts today, school lunch…
I have two questions. One is, how are we going to pay for that program, and the second one is if we do not pay for that program because we have passed a series of laws around here, unfortunately, where we have told local government we…
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