David Skaggs

I want to thank all of the schools, all of my colleagues and the membership of the Association who have pitched in to make this possible, as well as the Association Board of Directors, and, in particular, our friends at the Stennis Center…

I am saddened by the tone of antagonism and mistrust that is already starting to creep into the proceedings. Perhaps the flaws in this resolution do not equal a violation of fundamental fairness. Due process, of course, is different from…

I did want to take a minute to explain this bill which would add to the National Wilderness System an area of some spectacular mountains in south central Colorado, really unique in their geology and their beauty and their habitat for some…

At a time of economic prosperity, thank goodness, we all generally do feel pretty good about things, but we should bear in mind that there is an enormous underclass in this society that is hurting. And to the extent that we deny them…

I hope the chairman would review this matter when we do go to conference to see if a similar provision could be included in the final version of the bill, which I think would be a good idea.

Mr. Chairman, there are a couple of points in the bill that we expect to get to in conference that I hoped I might be able to discuss with the chairman of the subcommittee. In particular the bill already includes, Mr. Chairman, as you…

But I will go ahead, Mr. Chairman. I assume the gentleman does recognize that we are already getting huge payoffs, real money, real energy saved presently from the conservation and efficiency efforts, whereas the prospects for eventual…

Trying to regain my composure, and I thank the gentleman for interrupting me, perhaps just a couple of quantitative observations will capture how we are blessed and graced with the gentleman from Illinois being really an example of living…

I just in closing wanted to note two other provisions. As the chairman is aware, the bill provides somewhat less funds than were requested for the section 3161 program, the transition support for workers that are being phased out of these…

I am not questioning the gentleman's sincerity about taking national security issues seriously. Far be it from that. Contrary to what the gentleman is suggesting, I think we should adhere to and aspire to a particularly high standard of…

But this really comes down to a pretty fundamental question, which is do you think the business of the United States courts, when involving the United States itself as a party, ought to be presumptively public business or not, yes or no…

It seems to me it might extend then to, for instance, opposing the Helms-Burton legislation which has certain extraterritorial effects that run into serious opposition from our friends around the world.

Censure of a President as a remedy available to us to deal with the misconduct of a President was used in 1800 against President Adams

The vote today on an impeachment inquiry requires each of us to do our best to address without partisanship a matter laced with partisanship

On another point, concerns have been expressed about section 332 of the conference report which deals with the process of revising national forest plans. This also originated in the other body, and I understand that as it was approved…

Finally, would the chairman agree that the Forest Service can and should go ahead with necessary environmental analysis and other work related to the planning process? Would the chairman agree with me that the Forest Service can and should…

We should do the right thing. We should do the careful thing. We should do the conservative thing. We should reject this bill.

If all the gentleman is concerned about is that they are getting into the kinds of cases the gentleman does not like and that are proscribed, why do we not limit the gentleman's amendment to making sure they have available at the local…

I cannot help but observing in response to the prior gentleman's points that they had nothing to do with the substance of the amendment before the House.

Reclaiming my time, I am not complaining about the information we need to do oversight. That already exists at the local level.

Reclaiming my time, the local operation already keeps records by the kinds of cases they are litigating. If that is the gentleman's concern, that they are getting into kinds of cases that they should not, that information exists. What…

That information is now readily available. It does not require names and addresses. That does not add anything to understanding the kinds of cases of either plaintiffs or defendants. It does not require names of courts attached to those…

What more will we be able to do, having all of this additional information collated with new computer programs and so forth, that we cannot now do?

Whatever the merits of the argument the gentleman has just made, the Burton amendment will not address them. It has nothing to do with the points the gentleman made.