George P. Radanovich

My state is facing a water crisis of epic proportions. Three record dry years, in culmination with judicial decisions that favor fish over humans, have resulted in our current crisis.

The purpose, Madame Chairwoman, of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as the Stimulus, was to stimulate the economy and create American jobs.

Mr. Speaker, S. 1219, introduced by Senator Conrad Burns and supported by our Montana colleague, Mr. Dennis Rehberg, allows two Fort Peck Indian Reservation tribes to lease water to nearby non-Indian communities. Because water supplies are…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 5666, sponsored by our colleague, Mike Simpson, allows for the early repayment of capital costs associated with a Federal water project in Idaho. Under existing law, landowners who benefit from this water project cannot…

Mr. Speaker, Senate 819, introduced by Senator Tim Johnson of South Dakota, reallocates the costs of the Pactola Dam and Reservoir to reflect growing municipal needs for water. As Rapid City's municipal water needs are growing at a rapid…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3085, introduced by Congressman Zach Wamp of Tennessee and amended by the Senate, would amend the National Trails System Act to update a feasibility study originally prepared for the Trail of Tears in 1987. This new study…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4606, authored by the gentleman from California (Mr. Baca), authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the funding and implementation of a balanced, long-term groundwater remediation program in California…

Mr. Speaker, S. 1537, introduced by Senator Blanche Lincoln, would direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the New Hope Cemetery Association certain land in the State of Arkansas for use as a cemetery. The existing cemetery is…

Mr. Speaker, S. 1778, introduced by Senator Lisa Murkowski, would authorize a land conveyance between the Secretary of Agriculture and the City of Craig, Alaska. This legislation authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4838, introduced by the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Walden), would authorize the Secretary of the Interior and Agriculture to enter into contracts with nonprofit youth conservation corps to carry out land management…

H.R. 4617 would facilitate the exchange of two small tracts of land under the Small Tracts Act in the Tahoe National Forest in California. The first would exchange 3 acres of mineral rights from the Forest Service to the owner of the…

S. 643, as amended by the Committee on Resources, would authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the University of New Mexico, to construct and occupy a portion of the Hibben Center for Archaeological Research at the…

Nobody drives a snowmobile to go to Yosemite. We live in the West under 4,000 feet elevation. We do not get much snow in the wintertime. I am sure they could drive one but it would be kind of stupid.

People do not use snowmobiles to get into Yosemite National Park as they would in Yellowstone National Park. They do not use snowmobilies to access Yosemite. I mean it is not a way one gets in there because it is not the only way that one…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2201, introduced by the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Udall), would authorize the establishment of a national database for purposes of identifying, locating and cataloging the many public memorials and permanent tributes…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 856, offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Stenholm), authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to revise a repayment contract with the Tom Green County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 in Texas. Due to the…

It is our intent that the California Five Mile Regional Learning Center shall be liable for any contamination of the property by hazardous substances since it commenced occupancy in 1989. In the event that the property reverts back to the…

I lend my support to this bill. I believe it is a rare opportunity to protect these resources by creating a long-lasting public-private partnership that will protect these fossils, while at the same time provide opportunities for the…

I think if the gentleman were to go to the coldest, most barren, desolate, unappealing part of the world, that would be the North Slope. I think because so many people have not been there, there is this assumption that caribou are running…

I have to say if the North Slope were a Third World country, we would already be using those resources, and in a way that was far more harmful to the environment than under the President's plan right now. It is unfortunate, but Americans…

Right. And I think that conservation and renewable energy sources play a big part in the President's overall energy plan. But if we are going to deal with things realistically, we have to understand that a large portion of our energy is…

Mr. Speaker, that is why I think the President's plan is wise, because it relies on diversifying our energy sources. We in California are far too reliant on natural gas, as the gentleman mentioned, and one can never put all our eggs in one…

Right. And in California, we pride ourselves as being the seventh largest economy in the world. We rank up there with nations. We are very, very proud of that. But we cannot last long like that if we cannot even supply the basics. This is…

Well, there is a good side, if we want to call it that, to price increases in that it does cause us to conserve energy. Price increases, unfortunately, are the best conservation method there is out there. But, there is a big difference…