I thank the gentleman. And I rise in opposition to the Herger amendment. In 2001, the Forest Service finally admitted the obvious--the road system through our national forests is far larger than it should be. Though the Forest Service…

I thank the gentleman from California. This language is going to destroy the early warning system that has been put in place in order to give parents the information they need in order to protect their children. If this amendment passes…

Thank you. Monument designations do not take non-Federal land. The Antiquities Act only allows monument designations on land the Federal Government already owns. There is nothing improper about these designations. This authority has been…

I thank the gentleman. On September 11, 2001, when Richard Clarke, George Bush's terrorism czar, was asked to sit in the control room to take over the response on 9/11, the first call he made was to the port of the city of Boston to shut…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the…

What we are hearing this afternoon, Mr. Chairman, is a whole bunch of phony baloney numbers about how this is going to affect the cement industry, about how this is going to affect the concrete industry, when, in fact, industry after…

Mr. Chairman, I think a little bit of telecommunications history would be appropriate at this juncture. First of all, just let me explain that AT&T and the regional Bell companies had nothing to do with the invention of the Internet. In…

This amendment is overbroad, to use a euphemistic term, in order to describe what its impact will be upon those who are the least powerful, and most agreed in terms of the impact in which the Federal Government has upon their lives as…

I rise just to make this very simple point so you all know what you're doing. The law that this amendment wants to prevent funding for was a Ronald Reagan law. This is a law Ronald Reagan signed and put on the books, just so you…

I move to strike the last word. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts is recognized for 5 minutes.

Madam Chairman, I offer an amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 293, line 4, after the dollar amount insert ``(increased by $390,328,000)''. Page 293, line 8…