William Tauzin

And Louisiana wants to regulate it a different way than when the National Government regulates it, let us say for example oilfield waste which is a pretty common problem in the Southwest, in Louisiana, in Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico…

If you really want to use my property, if you really need my property to accomplish this national goal of wetlands protection or endangered species protection, my position is you as a people, all of us as a people ought to be willing to…

What I have said, Mr. Chairman, is when we make a standard that is good for all of the people of country and that requires us to pass a law affecting all of the States, we ought to have the courage to put up the money to carry it out, as…

once again, this time on March 24, 1994, in a case entitled Bowles versus the United States of America, the Federal courts have decided that denial of a wetlands permit to an American landowner is a taking under the fifth amendment clause…

March may have come in like a lamb, but it is going to go out like a lion. This month has been very interesting. This month environmentalists met to discuss the environmental agenda of this body, and they determined in a memo that has just…

I rise today to urge the passage of H.R. 3786, the Recreational Boating Safety Improvement Act of 1994, as amended. I introduced H.R. 3786 after combining the most important provisions of two previous bills which I and the distinguished…

Mr. Chairman, in terms of the debate today on the balanced budget amendment I would like the Members of the House to focus just for a second on what is special about this debate on the Barton-Tauzin amendment. This debate today focuses not…

we have heard talk about the fact that American families borrow money. They do. And American businesses borrow money. They do. The difference between American families who borrow money and American businesses who borrow money is that they…

Mr. Chairman, what the Members who say they are for a balanced budget amendment and yet oppose the Barton-Tauzin tax limitation amendment are truly saying is that they want to get to a balanced budget amendment, but they want the right to…

I rise in support of this measure to provide aid to the victims in California. We, in Louisiana, suffered through Hurricane Andrew, and we are still recovering. Hurricanes are quite frequent in our area. I want to commend the folks in…

I rise in support of this measure to provide aid to the victims in California. We, in Louisiana, suffered through Hurricane Andrew, and we are still recovering. Hurricanes are quite frequent in our area. I want to commend the folks in…

I want to join my friend tonight in this special order and first of all congratulate him for the very courageous position he and many others in this body are taking in support of the risk assessment amendment. As the gentleman knows, the…

If the gentleman will continue to yield, I think it was Barbara Walters and Hugh Downs who did one of their 20/20 shows and interviewed people in California who lost their homes to the fires not too long ago. And who lost them because they…