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I will continue to work with both of the gentlemen and the entire Florida delegation to resolve all of these problems so that we do what is in the best interest of Florida the other States and the country. I appreciate all the work that…
on July 12, 2005, I missed four recorded votes. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on H.R. 739, the Occupational Safety and Health Small Business Day in Court Act of 2005 (rollcall No. 369); ``yea'' on H.R. 740, the…
during the days of May 16 and May 17 of this year, devastating mudslides bisected six sections of the scenic Beartooth All-American Highway between Red Lodge, Montana and Yellowstone National Park. Consequently, visitors to Yellowstone…
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…
today I rise to speak in favor of H.R. 366, the Vocational and Technical Education for the Future Act. Vocational education is an extremely important component of secondary education for millions of students. It is too often neglected at…
this is always a great debate that we have on the energy bill, and I always enjoy the rhetoric of the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and his ability to speak to the issues that he is so passionate about. I have been to ANWR. I…
Mr. Speaker, S. 211, introduced by Senator Bingaman of New Mexico, and as amended by the Committee on Resources, contains 11 titles; however, eight of the 11 have already once passed this House. Therefore, in the interest of brevity, I…
Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1658 would amendment the Railroad Right-of-Way Conveyance Validation Act to legalize, validate, and confirm as far as any interest of the United States is concerned two additional conveyances in San Joaquin County…
Mr. Speaker, in California's Eleventh District, the City of Morgan Hill and surrounding communities, face a serious problem due to groundwater contamination with perchlorate. Hundreds of private and city-owned wells have been closed, and…
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…
This is not about setting a precedent over the way legislation is done. My colleagues that offer this motion to recommit are not offering a motion to strip out everything that is authorized in this bill. They are only going after…
I really did enjoy the comments of the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Bishop), because I think that they hit on something that has been missing in this debate. We have spent a lot of time talking about two-cycle versus four-cycle and what…
Mr. Chairman, it is always interesting to get into these debates, and sometimes I wish we could all live in a perfect world. We are in the middle of a very serious crisis on our national forests and on our public lands. The Udall amendment…
we have a number of sacred sites which are located on national parks, on BLM land, on Forest Service land. How is it going to be interpreted in the courts once a funding limitation is put in place that we cannot move forward with some…
Mr. Chairman, the amendment says that none of the funds made available by this act may be used to adversely affect the physical integrity of Indian sacred sites on Federal lands as such terms are defined in the Executive Order No. 13007…
I believe that NEPA is an extremely valuable tool for the Federal Government and for our bureaucrats out there to make sure that anything that is going forward on public lands has the minimal impact on the environment, and that is what we…
Mr. Speaker, the Energy Policy Act of 2004 protects and strengthens America's economy, our standard of living and our national security by reducing dependence on imported oil and increasing domestic energy production. America is in danger…
I yield myself 4 minutes. Just in response to my colleague, there is nothing in here that eliminates the public comment period. There is nothing in here that reduces the public comment. As I have said repeatedly, if the big problem is 20…
Mr. Speaker, this amendment would clarify that the environmental review process in H.R. 4513 would not apply to oil and gas leasing activities. This amendment would remove any confusion about what this bill does or does not do. We have…
H.R. 4513 expedites the development of renewable energy projects such as wind, tidal, solar, and geothermal by streamlining, but not weakening, the environmental review process. The bill instructs the responsible agency to review and take…
Mr. Speaker, just in response to my colleagues' comments on the bill, I am not exactly sure where the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Rahall) is going with his opposition. We have spent so much time on energy legislation over the past…
Mr. Speaker, S. 523, the Native American Technical Corrections Act of 2003, makes over 20 changes to current law to assist Indian tribes with matters that may seem relatively small to some of us but are quite important to individual tribes…
It was about 99 years ago when Teddy Roosevelt used his State of the Union address to urge Congress to create a national forest system to ensure proper stewardship of these tremendous assets that we have in our huge public lands. And by…
this legislation establishes for the first time a comprehensive concession policy for our National Wildlife Refuge System. Unlike our National Park System, There is no standardized refuge concession contract, concessionaires are…
H.R. 1598, sponsored by the gentleman from California (Mr. Cox), authorizes Federal assistance for the design and construction of a de- salter and a regional brine line to treat brackish groundwater. The bill also provides for strategic…
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