Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from Connecticut (Mrs. Hayes) to discuss this bill. Mrs. Hayes is the author and the sponsor of this legislation, a former public schoolteacher, and a National Teacher of the Year. She is someone who has spent her life serving the students, the young folks, and the working families of the people of Connecticut.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Austin Scott) for the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. (Mr. NEGUSE asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)
I am grateful for the work that you two are doing and the Biden administration is doing more broadly to manage our public lands with future generations in mind.
Do you honestly believe that this homeland appropriations bill that we are considering, the funding bill, that it would ameliorate that crisis?
Mr. Speaker, I know Mr. Scott to be an intellectually honest debater and Member, and I wonder maybe perhaps he will indulge me in a bit of a colloquy because I take him at his word that he believes that we have a crisis on the southern…
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