Scott Tipton

Everyone that we talked to agreed that more needs to be done to be able to manage our Federal forests.

We can proactively manage our forests; reduce further destruction from wildfires; safeguard water supplies, species, habitat; and provide a healthy natural environment.

This legislation builds on the bipartisan Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003, empowering States, counties and tribes to be more active in addressing these emergency circumstances.

Federal efforts to responsibly manage our forests and prevent conditions for fires that have ravaged Colorado and other Western States have been hampered by an unwieldy regulatory framework that systemically prevents progress toward…

I have got senior citizens in Del Norte, Mono Vista, Alamosa, Cortez, Crawford, Hodgkiss, Edgar, some towns a lot of people have not even heard of, they cannot find a doctor that is willing to take Medicare.

It is an unending process that we are dealing with it seems like that is truly hurting our ability to be able to create jobs.

The government's policies are inhibiting that development of capital to be directed in those directions.

Government is not holding itself to that same high standard.

Does that create some uncertainty for you?

No one is calling for absolute deregulation. It is just common sense regulations that we would like to be able to see.

I would like to thank you for your leadership on this issue.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the common ground that we have is seeking affordability and accessibility. ObamaCare fails on both counts. We've heard comments from our colleagues saying more is yet to come. That's exactly…

Well, would I be correct in saying that such costs are 11 percent of transfers from the Upper Colorado Program and 22 percent from the San Juan Program?

We want to make sure that we are getting species recovery.

It will impact about 4 million people, 900,000 acre-feet of irrigated land, and 80 percent of Colorado's economy.

The Endangered Fish Recovery Act--Species Fish Recovery Act of 2012, extending the authorization for the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs will continue much-needed efforts to recover four endangered fish species.

The bill reduces overhead so that more funding is dedicated actually to fish recovery.

A Representative in Congress from the State of Colorado

Rather than encouraging energy development off of our shores, as the President has done with his $2 billion loan guarantee to Brazil to develop their energy sources, if we're going to make those kind of investments, if we're going to look…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

We look forward to being able to work with you to help be able to facilitate the fulfillment of your mission, and that is healthy forests and helping industry to be able to create jobs.

Our logging industry has actually played a very critical role in terms of job creation and those healthy forests.

It is not brain surgery to be able to create healthy forests, and that is ultimately what we want to be able to do.

As we went down the line, every person noted that we have a bark beetle infestation challenge, an emergency literally in this state; the threat of fire, the threat that that is going to have literally on our environment, the threat that it…