WALLY HERGER: “The fact is, and I will reclaim my time, the fact is that the gentleman from New York [Mr. Boehlert] stated in a…”

“The fact is, and I will reclaim my time, the fact is that the gentleman from New York [Mr. Boehlert] stated in a question I asked him that his legislation sunsets on December 31, 1988. That is 1/2-- I have the time--this is very serious. We have lost three of my constituents in this levee break because of an Endangered Species Act that for 6 years kept mitigating for an elderberry plant and put a plant--Mr. Chairman, I have the time--that mitigated for 6 years, spent $9 million on a repair that would have only cost $3 million that finally, after jumping through 6 years of hoops, this repair was due to be done this summer. Guess what? It was about 6 months, too late for the lives of three Americans and constituents of mine.”