Jerry Moran

I will yield when I'm finished. If we want to help the Great Lakes get the kind of money they need, it doesn't seem to me that we should be offering amendments that would completely defund all EPA programs for the States bordering the…

This is an organization that was established by President Nixon. It was Bill Ruckleshaus who was the first head of it. What it does is to coordinate the implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act. That act, as I recall, goes…

I yield to the gentleman from Ohio. Mr. LaTOURETTE. I thank you. You know there are eight States that border the Great Lakes. One State in particular, New York, has imposed ballast water exchange in innocent passage that can't be met by…

I simply rise to ask if we could see the amendment. It's pretty difficult to address it until we actually see the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The amendment is No. 18 in the Congressional Record.

I yield to my very good friend from Alaska to try to clarify what seems to be inextricable.

Will the gentleman yield? Mr. LaTOURETTE. I yield to my former Congressman, the gentleman from Virginia.

I agree with the distinguished Member from California. I know my colleague--and she's more than a colleague, a friend--is very passionate about this program, and it has a sweet acronym, DERA. As I said during the H.R. 1 debate, the diesel…

Reclaiming my time, it's clear that's not just the waterway. That includes all of the land. The entire park on this national preserve, they can't carry out their responsibilities. We're not just talking about the water.

This amendment would eliminate the ENERGY STAR program, even though a great many American consumers rely on it to choose appliances that meet Federal energy efficiency standards, such as windows, refrigerators, dishwashers, and clothes…

Reclaiming my time, the language is clear it applies to all waters, not just navigable waters.

It's possible if the language was more specific, we wouldn't have quite the trouble with it.

I thank the distinguished gentleman for yielding. We hear from a number of people and organizations around the country who are concerned about this because without the ability to seek injunctive relief from the courts, opponents of a…

I thank the Chair. I think a number of very good questions have been raised by the ranking member of the full committee--Appropriations Committee--and we are concerned about this precedent. We're also concerned about the safety of people…

As the amendment states, I seek to strike section 124 of this bill because section 124 prohibits expenditures for the Bureau of Land Management to carry out its lawful duties under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976…

Reclaiming my time, I would say to the gentleman, we have things like the Better Business Bureau which, frankly, doesn't have that kind of certification. Almost anybody can get designations. Sometimes it's helpful. Other times it's less…

Well, first of all, I would like to ask my good friend: Why is this not an earmark? Why is this not an earmark for one particular national preserve? While we are considering that, perhaps Mr. Young can come up with an explanation. And I…

I do rise in opposition to this amendment because it attempts to strip half of the remaining funding for EPA's greenhouse gas registry program. This amendment is part of an effort to ignore what the scientists tell us is the most serious…

May I make a parliamentary inquiry? The Acting CHAIR. State your inquiry.

You've heard it. I will explain: I rose previously to claim the time in opposition, now I am rising to strike the last word. Mr. Chairman, if this was not such a late hour, we would have had five or six times as many Members rising in…

Thank you. You have this deep-seated concern about why we did not ask for a vote; so I can clarify that. The reason is we were overwhelmed with more than 40 amendments and we were trying to look to the welfare of the rest of the committee…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Some on the other side may be thinking, well, what's a guy from a heavily residential suburban area in the Washington area and with no cattle in his district know? So I would have thought this would have…

I have spoken several times over the last several weeks with regard to the issue at hand. Clearly, the time continues to escape us, and the day of reckoning is coming in regard to the debt ceiling issue. I have said from the very beginning…

I claim time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia is recognized for 5 minutes.

I think we have a problem in the amendment, itself, because it would specifically designate a study that might be interpreted as some type of earmark, which I don't think it really is. I like what the gentlelady is trying to do. I think…

Woman, this is a distinction without a difference. The money still goes away. The argument that was made by the chairman of the committee still stands, as far as I can see. And so even though the amendment may be worded a little…