John W. Olver

My very competent staff tells me that we have been requiring this in the Mexican trucking controversy over the past few years. We've been fighting over that one back and forth for years and years now, and I can't remember whether there was…

In reclaiming my time, maybe the gentleman understands and I simply do not. Who is about to promulgate regulations in this area of mandating global positioning systems, electronic onboard recording devices and so forth? Where is the action…

At this point, I really don't know whether your understanding is anywhere close to mine. I think this is an amendment deserving of opposition, so I am opposing the amendment. I think this amendment should not be adopted, and you can do as…

How does that guarantee that California's gas tax moneys will not be used for high-speed rail?

Reclaiming my time, the language of the amendment, as I have it before me, says none of the funds made available by this Act may be used for high-speed rail in the State of California, or for the California High-Speed Rail Authority.

I think I'm doing the correct thing there. And I'll yield, again, for the continuation of what the gentleman from California is saying.

I will then move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Massachusetts is recognized for 5 minutes.

There are no funds made available in this Act for high-speed rail. None. And so, since this is a 1-year bill, I don't think this amendment does very much. The gentleman from California has a problem with a process that has been going on…

You have hit the gavel. I would like to ask unanimous consent to call for a recorded vote on that. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Massachusetts was on his feet. The request is timely and does not require unanimous consent. Pursuant…

Well, I don't know how this amendment is going to solve the problem that you have exactly, but the chairman has agreed to adopt it. So I will state an objection because I really don't understand how this is going to solve your problem, but…

And this was an executive order promulgated by President Clinton or by President Bush?

This is a peculiar amendment, it seems to me. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Department of the Interior, so there's no enforcement power in the Department of Transportation. Are…

In any case, I don't object to the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment Offered…

I'm happy to congratulate the gentleman from Louisiana for his solution, but I have to admit that I cannot identify what the problem is that this solution solves. This language that you are excluding has been in the legislation for years…

Reclaiming my time, we have no idea whether the Supreme Court will take this case. In the meantime, until such time it is taken and they do it, and we can't assume that, then the actions of HUD are proper in reaching a disparate impact…

Very briefly, I would just like to congratulate the gentleman from Ohio for being watchful of this sort of thing. This is the sort of thing that, it seems to me, ought to be really very logical. And I have supported it in the past, as he…

I will be very brief. I serve on the Homeland Security Subcommittee for Appropriations, and I don't think that the Homeland Security authorizers have done anything along these lines, and that's where it really ought to be dealt with, I…

The European Union has implemented an emissions trading regimen as a means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent below 1990 levels. They are not succeeding very much. They are putting in a fairly hard effort to do that, but the…

Reclaiming my time, at my age, I can't remember what happened several days ago, and that is quite some time ago. But, you know, it will slowly come back. Eventually, it slowly comes back. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting…

I will be brief. I wish the gentleman from Minnesota great luck in solving this one. I am so happy for the people on that side of the aisle who must be just ecstatic--ecstatic--that they have a President who will take all of these things…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Cravaack

This is one of those cases in which we've gone back and forth here today with the gentleman from California. This must be the eighth or ninth of these, and it's hard to find ways of being very creative or original about what you're saying…

I will be very brief. I merely want to concur in the position of the chairman of the subcommittee, and I urge a ``no'' vote on the amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered…

Woman, I rise in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Massachusetts is recognized for 5 minutes.