Jasper Packard: “there are two things, in response, if I can reclaim my time. First, is we have required offsets for every transfer of…”

I rise in support of H.R. 4101, The Agriculture Appropriations Act of 1999. I want to specifically acknowledge the provision which allots $1 million for pesticide and crop disease research. This will directly benefit Southern California…

the Gilchrest amendment seeks to zero out funding for the Baltimore Channel and Channels navigation channel maintenance and straightening project. This is an ongoing project which was funded in the current fiscal year, and the proposed…

I want to correct, what I hope is a misunderstanding. We have never had in this bill funding for the Northeast energy oil problem. That funding is in the Subcommittee on Interior, not in this bill. So we not only did not knock it out, it…

the gentleman is correct. If any committee of Congress wishes to take action regarding the off-site disposal issue the Commission is now considering, it ought to be the relevant authorization committee of the House that does it. I would…