Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 3671) to promote Department of the Interior efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, and for other purposes. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 3671 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Sec. 3. Reliance on sound science. TITLE I--SEDIMENT AND NUTRIENT MONITORING NETWORK Sec. 101. Establishment of monitoring network. Sec. 102. Data collection and storage responsibilities. Sec. 103. Relationship to existing sediment and nutrient monitoring. Sec. 104. Collaboration with other public and private monitoring efforts. Sec. 105. Reporting requirements. Sec. 106. National Research Council assessment. TITLE II--COMPUTER MODELING AND RESEARCH Sec. 201. Computer modeling and research of sediment and nutrient sources. Sec. 202. Use of electronic means to distribute information. Sec. 203. Reporting requirements. TITLE III--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND RELATED MATTERS Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 302. Cost-sharing requirements. SEC.…”