John Doolittle: “Whereas now that is clear. If we do not use certain words, it is clearly beyond the purview of Federal regulation. Now…”

The problem we have had is, frankly, the authorizing committees, for whatever reason, have chosen not to act. And in that vacuum we've been faced with a crisis of what do we do with the teacher being laid off or in Oregon's case with…

the underlying bill makes numerous references to public infrastructure. We feel this, indeed, is public infrastructure, and that it deals with roads and schools. There are certainly needy counties by virtue of being included in this Secure…

this program needs to be reauthorized. I represent northeastern California, which is one of the top recipients of money under this Secure Rural Schools and Community Self- Determination Act, which expired a couple of years ago. Just to…

this is a vital bill for the future of our country, and this bill provides a very balanced approach to research in the scientific areas and to energy development and, indeed, renewable energy as well as vital water projects and…