Richard Pombo

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1521, introduced by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Murtha) and amended by the Committee on Resources, would revise the boundaries of the Johnstown Flood National Memorial. The Secretary of the Interior would be…

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…

But when we got into this process several years ago, the reason that we did was because we had so many challenges in terms of delivering a reliable source of energy for the people in this country that we had so many different things that…

I know that our colleagues that are watching this debate who may not have invested as much time on these issues as those of us that are on the floor are probably really confused right now. Because I heard the gentleman from Washington give…

I have been waiting for this amendment to come up for 2 days now that we have been working on this bill. We have talked a lot about environmental care, environmental laws, our joint desire to do what is right for our environment; but I…

I will be more than happy and willing to sit down with the different Members who have these roads in their districts, in their States, and other Members from other parts of the country to try to work out a compromise that everyone could…

The intention of myself and my committee is that this money will be going to enhancing the visitors to these recreational areas and national parks.

Mr. Miller, that the national fire plan has hundreds of millions of dollars in there. This big tree argument is nonsense. We are not going out there and saying, gosh, we have got to go to the redwoods or the sequoias and cut down all this…

Mr. Speaker, we do have a problem. And I think that everybody who has come to the floor today to talk about the underlying bill has recognized that we have a serious problem. The gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio) talked about 100 years…

This is a difficult amendment. It really is because much of what my colleagues on the left have to say about ANWR I agree with. It is a unique, beautiful area that should be preserved. I absolutely agree with them, and I do not think that…

I find it quite interesting, in listening to the debate on this particular amendment, if ANWR is approved, if oil and gas exploration is approved, there will be a substantial amount of money that comes in in the form of royalties and…

The entire area of the north slope of Alaska is nearly 100 million acres. It is nearly the size of California. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is nearly 20 million acres. What this amendment does, I think, is responsibly goes in and…

Mr. Chairman, we have a number of challenges when it comes to developing a balanced energy policy for the future of our country. First of all, we have to look at the future, and all of us can talk about where we want to go in terms of our…

H.R. 1368 designates the postal facility at 7555 Pacific Avenue in Stockton, California, as the Norman D. Shumway Post Office Building. I wish to thank the entire California delegation for their support of this legislation, as well as the…

growing up in Tracy, California, I have been a fan of the Oakland Athletics ever since they first came to Oakland in 1968. I was 7 years old at the time. I remember their World Series Championship three-peat teams from 1972, 1973 and 1974…

Mr. Speaker, citizens in the West are bracing this year in fear of catastrophic fires. The summer is not even over, and we have seen 3.6 million acres burn on State, Federal, and private lands. These catastrophic fires are so intense the…

In 1996, Congress was faced with a failing welfare program that did little to assist individuals in the transition from dependence on a government welfare check--to independence to earn a paycheck. For far too many, under the old Welfare…

Mr. Chairman, I think we have to be honest with ourselves. The reason that we have a Federal agriculture policy at all is to provide a dependable, abundant supply of cheap food for the American people. That is why we do this. I think that…

I do not oppose in concept what the gentleman is trying to do, but I do have some concerns with some of the language that is in the bill and some of the impacts nationwide of his amendment. I would like to ask the gentleman if he would be…

I opposed this amendment with mixed emotions because I basically support the idea; but it is much more complicated than we can solve in an amendment to the farm bill this evening. This is not a food safety issue. If Members are afraid of…

I do think that it is time that we start looking at whether or not we need a Federal order system, whether the Federal Government should be involved at all, because if we are going to adopt a number of compacts, if we are going to have…

So what we are talking about is the Class I milk would be the same price, whether you are in Wisconsin or Vermont?

I appreciate a great deal the job that the gentleman from Vermont has done in his attempt to try and bridge some of the differences, some of the regional differences that exist. But I do have to oppose his amendment to the bill. I came to…

does the gentlewoman not understand that I represent more dairy farmers than she does? Does she not understand that I have more cows than she does?

I thank the gentleman; and with regard to the second project known as the Farmington Groundwater Recharge Demonstration Project, let me point out that the Stockton East Water District and its neighbors pump from a critically overdrafted…