Yes. OK. Excellent. I thank you for that. And I have no further questions.

Is it good stewardship to, in essence, create a refuge and then ignore it?

I thank Chairman Fleming, Ranking Member Sablan, and the members of the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs for their time and consideration of this non-controversial legislation.

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If we are going to put our taxpayers on the hook for this kind of massive expenditure, at a minimum we should be willing to authorize those land acquisitions.

These two bills appear to meet that criterion.

It has been cosponsored by 46 Members of the House, including myself.

I think having the public buy in, and some of the models that you have with Ducks Unlimited is an excellent way to both finance and also to make people good stewards of the land and the resources that are there.

I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for his work on this bill and his lifelong career in protecting life. Madam Speaker, the bill before us today, H.R. 358, the Protect Life Act, would accomplish two important things: It would remove…

This protection is critical for pro-life and religious health care providers and entities. EMTALA, which is part of the discussion here, requires that health care providers such as myself must take care of women and must take care of their…

I recently saw a MSNBC interview with Chairman Fleming regarding the taxes and the costs of doing business...

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Congress required the Department of Labor and the Government Accountability Office to report on how minimum wage increases were affecting living standards and employment in the Territories.

I am interested to hear from today's witnesses on how mandatory minimum wage increases affected the economies in the Territories and hurt revenue sources on the islands.

The practice of allowing wage rate flexibility in American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands ended in 2007.

The Fair Labor Standards Act was enacted in 1938.

Too much government can be as bad as no government at all.

Where did they get that information?

Instead of President Obama's no-jobs plan, which is just more of the same, I'd like to give my 2 cents worth on what it takes to create jobs right here in America. Why? Because I know what it's like to take a risk and open a business, to…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 65, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $48,206,000)''. Page 158, line 25, after the dollar amount…

There are plenty of private sector oversight organizations. And again, UL: No appliance ever goes to market now without a UL stamp, and again, that's done through a private entity. So, again, it's a great program. Don't get me wrong. I…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I hail from Louisiana, which of course is a very big part of what this section 121 is about and certainly what the amendment is about. Just bringing everyone back, we had the Deepwater Horizon spill, which was a…

I don't disagree with the gentleman's comments. It's a good program, although it has been a flawed program. Hopefully, it's been improved. My point is that this could be better done in the private sector, a fee or whatever paid directly to…

A little over a year ago, the GAO reported alarming findings at the ENERGY STAR program, a joint EPA and DOE program designed to save American consumers money on their utility bills. Although well intentioned, I have concerns that the…

Reclaiming my time, I would just suggest that we're still well off pace. And accountability is not going to be a factor in that. I yield back the balance of my time.