C. W. Bill Young

25 years ago, I stood at this very microphone at this very desk and offered the amendment that initiated the first Outer Continental Shelf moratorium dealing with drilling for oil and gas. Over the years, that 25-year period, working with…

my friends who are opposing the Putnam-Capps amendment would like us to believe that in the Gulf of Mexico there is an unlimited supply of nice, clean, cheap natural gas just waiting for someone to punch a hole and it will come flowing…

Actually, yes, and we appreciate that very much. But, anyway, let us pass the Putnam amendment. This is the right thing to do, and let us let the House work its will through the established process, through the committee process, a…

I rise in support of H.R. 5020, the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2007. In supporting this bill, I want to emphasize to Chairman Hoekstra that the Defense Appropriation Subcommittee will do what it can to work with the…

it is obvious that he has put a lot of time and effort into this amendment. The committee has reviewed the amendment thoroughly, and we will accept the amendment.

last night in this Chamber, as the President of the United States was encouraging Americans to support our troops, my wife was sitting in this gallery right over here, and she was ordered to leave the gallery because she was doing, and…

pursuant to clause 12 of rule XXII, I move that meetings of the conference between the House and the Senate on H.R. 2863 be closed to the public at such times as classified national security information may be broached, providing that any…

Americans can sleep well tonight because our soldiers are out there on the front line against terror making sure that we can do that. And we owe them a lot. We owe them our thanks. We owe them our appreciation. We owe them the necessary…

before the gentleman makes his statement, I would like to advise him that we have reviewed this amendment. And since you did make a change that was agreeable to both of us, we are prepared to accept this amendment at any time that you wish.

I understand that the authorizing committee intended that this penetrator study include exploring the feasibility of various options for penetrators that could hold Hard and Deeply Buried Targets at risk, and as we all know, there are many…

there is some confusion on which amendment this is. I reserve a point of order. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The point of order is reserved.

reclaiming my time, believe me, I understand the gentlewoman's concerns. As I suggested, the Department of Defense understands that concern as well. But it was just a suggestion that maybe we could have the two of them work this out. But…

I yield myself 2 minutes to pay tribute to a longtime staffer of this defense subcommittee. This is the first time that I have had the opportunity to bring a defense appropriations bill to the floor without having Kevin Roper sitting here…

I understand the concerns, and the gentleman and I have spoken at length about these issues and I am equally concerned as is he. And I think it is appropriate that we do ask for such a report; and when we meet with the Senate for…

we are not aware of that amendment. We do not have a copy. We are not aware that the gentleman has an amendment. We can change our request if he would provide us with a copy of the amendment.

I certainly agree to work with the gentleman on this matter to have a satisfactory conclusion.

on my reservation, I make a point of order against the amendment because it proposes to change existing law and constitutes legislation in an appropriations bill and, therefore, it violates clause 2 of rule XXI. The rule states in…

we appreciate that. We have only a total of 10 minutes to state our opposition. So how about 4 minutes?

what is the status of the remaining time? The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Shimkus). The gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young) holds the remaining time of 1 minute.

I yield myself 3 minutes, and despite the eloquence of the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Peterson), my friend, who makes this amendment sound really attractive, I must rise and express the objection of the Committee on Appropriations to…

I certainly endorse what the gentleman from Wisconsin has said about how this came about and what the intent was. The intent was to provide the proper oversight of a half-a-billion-dollar request for an increase in an agency's budget. But…

Mr. Speaker, I will say to the gentleman that unlike some committees in this House who do their work in secret, this committee does its work in public, in the open. We may have to work late hours, all night long, weekends, and that is a…

The problem is not in the House. This issue was discussed openly in a colloquy with the chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means. We discussed this issue thoroughly, and we made it clear what the intent was. Why we are removing the…

I regret that some have misinterpreted section 222 in the omnibus bill. The administration had requested an unprecedented increase to hire additional staff for the IRS's processing and enforcement activities. Because of this more than $500…

I can assure him that nothing in the bill before the House alters, changes or reforms the structure, rules, procedures, or operation of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Fund.