I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, this past weekend I had the opportunity to be in a truly remarkable part of the United States in southwestern Colorado, an area called Chimney Rock, which is an area renowned for its…

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

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.

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…

Properly managing our national forests is critical to Western economies and to our livelihoods; a healthy, natural environment; and affordable, reliable power and water supplies.

Effective forest management fosters healthy forests, protects against wildfires, and safeguards the natural beauty and tourism draw the Western states provide.

It is time that we take active steps to be able to address the bark beetle epidemic and to partner with responsible stewards of our natural resources in the private sector who are willing to solve it.

So the weak American dollar is actually driving up costs to American consumers.

I do not believe that the search for new energy sources should be a zero sum game when we foster one industry to the detriment of another.

This is a technical amendment that changes the year of the bill from 2011 to 2012, and I ask my colleagues to support this noncontroversial amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR. Does any Member seek recognition? The…

I thank the gentleman from Washington for yielding. Mr. Chairman, Members of the House on both sides of the aisle talk of the need for an all-of-the-above energy solution for this country, a solution that gives serious consideration to all…

From the beginning, this Congress has made responsible energy development a legislative priority with the goal of putting forward a comprehensive solution that expands the development of alternative and renewable energy technologies while…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: In section 1, strike ``2011'' and insert ``2012''. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Colorado is recognized for 5…

As a sponsor of this bipartisan legislation, I support the rule on H.R. 2842, and I encourage an open debate because I believe the merits of this bill will speak for themselves. H.R. 2842 is a bipartisan plan to authorize new hydropower…

It's interesting, our colleagues do talk about jobs. We want to be able to create jobs, to be able to facilitate that opportunity for Americans to be able to go back to work, to be able to create clean energy right here in the United…

That is correct. I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word. The CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 minutes. Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Chairman, this amendment, as the…

I think our opponents on this piece of legislation are confused as to actually what the debate is truly about. If it is about jobs, if it is about the American people, if it is about providing energy certainty, and if it is about reducing…

the statutory language does not limit the loan exclusion with swaps that are connected to the financial terms of a loan, nor does it require that the swap be entered into contemporaneously with a loan origination.

I thank the gentleman. When we're talking about protecting Colorado, many of our Democrat colleagues joined the amendment that I put forward, stating that the Secretary wouldn't consider but shall address local concerns. If you understand…

I thank Chairman Hastings for yielding. Mr. Chairman, this is clearly an interesting position from our Democratic colleagues. They say we need roads; they say we need jobs; they say we need an energy policy. But not here, not now, not…

It has been bureaucratic interference out of Washington, D.C. that is driving up costs, slowing up projects.

Does the Bureau of Reclamation facilities, do those help stabilize water flows to be able to make rafting possible?

When it comes to some of the fracking issues, when you get into Colorado, at least, you have to be able to own your water.

I have a great concern in my district for our farm and ranch community, for senior citizens on fixed incomes.