This bipartisan legislation, endorsed by the National Association of Community Health Centers, would expand patient access to essential physical therapist services.

Today I honor the NCAA Division II National Basketball Champion Metro State Roadrunners from Denver, Colorado.

Congratulations to everybody associated with Metro State for bringing home this impressive championship--a victory of which all of the people of Denver and the State of Colorado can be very proud.

We don't need any more timber roads. Construction of timber roads uses U.S. taxpayer dollars to pay for the business costs of the timber industry, and results in the degradation of soil, water quality and wildlife habitat.

We don't need any more timber roads. Construction of timber roads uses U.S. taxpayer dollars to pay for the business costs of the timber industry, and results in the degradation of soil, water quality and wildlife habitat.

The taxpayer ends up paying the cost for these damages--and too often the damage cannot be undone.

I urge my colleagues to support the Miller amendment to protect roadless areas in our National Forest System.

If you pull out your calculator, Mr. Chairman, you'll find that 440,000 miles is enough to encircle the globe 17 times; that's ten times more road miles than we have in the Interstate Highway System.

I don't think that's smart horse-trading, Mr. Chairman.

I returned from my trip resolved to redouble my attempts to conserve these resources for future generations.

These timber roads initiate erosion of soil, deposit sedimentation into streams, damage water quality, degrade fish habitat, fragment wildlife habitat, disrupt wildlife migration routes, and destroy the quiet beauty of our National Forests.