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I rise in support of H.R. 4073, a bill introduced by our colleague, Mr. Portman, to designate the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, OH as an affiliated area of the National Park System. The Underground Railroad…
this is a good bill, introduced by our colleague Mr. Clinger, which provides for the designation of 51.7 miles of the Clarion River in Pennsylvania under the Wild and Scenic River Act. About 60 percent of the river courses through Forest…
I rise in support of H.R. 3497, introduced by Ms. Dunn of Washington. This legislation modifies the boundary of the Snoqualmie National Forest to facilitate a land exchange. It is needed because approximately 6,300 acres of land that would…
I chair the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands. In the early 1970's, Congress passed a law called the National Environmental Protection Act, and in 1976, the FLPMA Act on other areas that would take care of the public lands…
in 1992, Congress passed into law the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act, which authorized the Bureau of Reclamation to contribute up to 25 percent of the cost of designing and constructing water recycling and reuse…
I think in America people should realize we have 368 units of the National Park Service. It costs an awful lot of money, and Mr. Regula has that responsibility. I have the responsibility to make sure they are run correctly, managed…
I have never been more disturbed with an individual as I am with the Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Bruce Babbitt. I would like to go over some of the problems that we are experiencing here in Congress in our relationship with the…
today I am introducing the Youth Protection from Tobacco Addiction Act on behalf of this Nation's children, who have been fooled into believing that smoking is an appealing, appropriate, or even a healthy habit. I want to make a simple…
I do not think we are at all. In fact, the facts we have, we are making money on this timber industry to the tune of $600 million this year.
let me just say that after having hearings on each one of those issues you mentioned, we are trying to come up with a grazing bill that pays more. We have had more hearings that say that they are not being subsidized in both timber, mining…
If people would take the time to study it, they would see there is more recreation in the Bureau of Reclamation, there is more recreation in BLM and there is more recreation in the Forest Service than there is in parks, and now we are…
let me tell my colleagues, of my 16 years in that committee, do you know who uses these roads, it is not these guys. A lot of this was pointed out by the gentleman from Washington. This build them themselves in many instances. Who uses the…
if I told you that you owed me $50 a month for 30 years would you pay it if you did not have to? If you answer yes, I have some private mortgage home insurance [PMI] for you. But if no is your answer, then why are thousands of people doing…
It is not an extreme bill and I really think the gentleman should stick to what he is talking about, because that is not an extreme bill. It is a moderate reasonable bill, and I somewhat, having worked on it for 20 years, kind of resent…
President Clinton's Parks for Tomorrow plan represents an act of plagiarism. Of the 18 proposals contained in the President's plan, not a single one represents a new idea or concept. Rather, these are responses by the administration to…
On January 4, 1896 President Grover Cleveland stated: Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States of America, in accordance with the act of Congress aforesaid, and by authority thereof, announce the result of said…
On December 18, 1995, President Bill Clinton vetoed the Interior appropriations bill which would have provided funding to keep parks, forests, BLM recreation areas open to the public. In a staged press conference, President Clinton…
out West the predominant church out there in one of the States sings a song that says, ``Oh, say what is true.'' What a refreshing statement, that you should always say the truth. When I was a freshman around here in 1981, I remember…
I rise in strong support of lifting the embargo. I believe this vote is a vote for American leadership in the world and the only moral thing to do. The Clinton administration calls their strategy engagement. Well, if this is engagement…
if the other body is able to find additional resources under section 602(b) allocation to restore the $5.5 million and appropriates the full amount requested by the administration's budget for the Ute Indian settlement, will the…
I seek this colloquy to discuss the Interior appropriations subcommittee action to reduce by $5.5 million the administration's budget request for the implementation of the Ute Indian Settlement Act. This settlement represents more than a…
Today is a historic time for the State of Utah. In our great State out in the West, we have been told that we can put three different areas into wilderness. One is Forest Service, one is park, and one is Bureau of Land Management. In 1984…
I stand in favor of the bill. Mr. Chairman, today I stand to applaud the fine bipartisan work of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in crafting, what should be recognized as a victory for the American people, the environment…
I rise in support of H.R. 517, a bill to improve the management and protection of the Chaco outliers in the Four Corners region. Mr. Speaker, in 1980 Congress recognized the outstanding collection of archeological sites related to the…
I rise in support of H.R. 694, legislation to make minor boundary adjustments at several national parks and to make other technical amendments to various legislative acts affecting administration of the National Park System. Title I of the…
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