John Hansen

What is PMI? What is private mortgage insurance? It is a good thing, and I am grateful that the lending institutions have come up with this creative way in which to help people who could not pay at least 20 percent down on their loans. So…

H.R. 3830 represents a landmark agreement between the State of Utah and the Department of the Interior to exchange nearly 500,000 acres of lands within the State of Utah to benefit the school children of Utah. Over 20 years ago, while…

We do appreciate that. I would hope that the task force would work with us closely on many of the things that are in our legislation which I notice the Speaker of the House on television the other night, I thought he was repeating our bill…

H.R. 1635, as amended, is a bill introduced by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Stokes), my colleague. Mr. Stokes and the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Portman) are to be congratulated on working very hard on this bill which would establish the…

I wish to support H.R. 2186, a bill introduced by my colleague Congresswoman Barbara Cubin from the State of Wyoming. Mrs. Cubin has worked very hard for the citizens of Wyoming to help establish the National Historic Trails Interpretive…

I was impressed with how well he understood the legislation, how he read the bills, how his knowledge of figures and understanding was awesome. He could come into our caucuses or on the floor, he could come up with figures faster than…

I rise in support of H.R. 708 and urge its adoption. H.R. 708 recognizes the increasing demand on private lands within the Jackson Hole area of Wyoming and the benefits that open space and ranching provide Grand Teton National Park. This…

This week in Bonn, Germany, representatives from around the world will meet on the issues of greenhouse gases. They will be negotiating how quickly the industrial nations must rein in the emissions of carbon dioxide and other so-called…

many of us know that Utah was not too happy on September 18, 1996 when the President of the United States went safely to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon and declared 1.7 million acres a national monument. The President failed to talk to…

the 1-year limit for Congress that the gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. Vento] has come up with, to finalize the monument designation as the Vento amendment would enact, simply does not allow enough time for Congress to act to the…

Mr. Chairman, I have a hard time believing my good friends from the other side, knowing how articulate and how well versed they are in the law, have forgotten there is a FLPMA Act. This happened in 1906. There is a Federal Land Management…

Mr. Chairman, after looking at this, it appears to me the President has to consult with the governor of the affected State at least 60 days prior to issuing a proclamation unless the President finds delay would jeopardize the value of such…

Since September 18, 1996, the Utah delegation, the Committee on Resources and many other Members of Congress have tried to figure out a way to both preserve the President's authority to designate national monuments in emergency situations…

let me say this to the gentleman. If we had any sense and the President had time enough to talk to us, we would have said the Grand Staircase Escalante should be 50-mile mountain, and it should be Paria-Hackberry. I would agree, it is…

on September 18, 1996, one year ago today, President Clinton, claiming authority under the Antiquities Act, stood on the south side of the Grand Canyon of Arizona and designated 1.7 million acres of southern Utah as a national monument…

here we go again, confusing the public. I have never seen anything that confuses the public more than what we are doing right now. We spend $177 million to warn people of the use of this tobacco product. Then on the other hand here we are…

H.R. 765 was introduced by the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. Jones] to ensure the maintenance of a herd of wild horses in Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Carolina. This bill is entitled "The Shackleford Banks Wild Horses…

on September 18, 1996, President Clinton went out to safety on the south rim of the Grand Canyon and stood there and declared 1.7 million acres of Utah as a national monument. He had a right to do that. It is called the antiquity law that…

it is interesting now that we have come into this interesting bill, which the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Regula] has done some super work on, and a lot of people, the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Yates], have worked very hard on this…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1198, as amended, is a bill introduced by my colleague, the gentleman from Oregon [Mr. Smith]. Mr. Smith has worked hard to develop a bill which successfully resolves an environmentally sensitive issue and will benefit…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 822, as amended, is a bill introduced by my colleague, the gentleman from Washington [Mr. Hastings]. Mr. Hastings has worked hard to make this bill acceptable to the administration. The passage of this bill will benefit…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 960, introduced by the gentleman from California [Mr. Thomas] will give the Tulare Redevelopment Agency the ability to purchase lands within the railroad right-of-way that bisects their city. This bill would validate the…

I hope my colleagues here will realize that what we are looking at is the integrity of BRAC that was passed by the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Armey], now our majority leader. The law is very clear of what we can and cannot do. The President…

Let me just say to the people of America, what is private mortgage insurance? It is a very necessary tool that the mortgage industry uses. Without that, when that young couple finally gets the opportunity to buy their first house, they are…

A thought occurred to me as my colleague from the Third Congressional District of Utah got up to speak about something. He talked about President William Jefferson Clinton going to the south rim of the Grand Canyon on September 18, 1996…