Richard Pombo: “does the gentlewoman not understand that I represent more dairy farmers than she does? Does she not understand that I…”

I hope it is a new era that we are entering into because when I took over as chairman of the Committee on Resources, one of the things that I did commit to was getting Members of Congress outside the Beltway, out across the country to…

I realize that the gentleman is correct when he talks about authorizing an appropriations bill and the effect that my amendment would have. But I would urge the Chair to rule the amendment in order because what I am trying to do is strip…

on November 1, 2005 I missed recorded votes and would like my intentions included in the Congressional Record. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on both H.R. 3548 and H.R. 3989. ____________________

I do appreciate Mr. Markey's kind words about at least one provision in the bill. I do appreciate that he did not want to waste that sign, since he had his staff make up the poster and they put a lot of hard work into that. And even though…