Wayne Gilchrest

I think this is something that can be worked out on a bipartisan basis, and doesn't need to be one side of the aisle, and doesn't need to be contentious.

We have got to work these things out in a way that is a more general ecosystem-based approach to management.

There are ways to continue the objectives of the Endangered Species Act that would be less time consuming, less litigious, less burdensome.

Was it the intent of this Congress that that particular statute be applied to a peace officer or a border agent in defense of the country, the border or his own life?

Under those circumstances, with the supervisors aware of the actions of the border agents, the defendant subsequently was found out to be wounded, under those circumstances, in a Federal court, did the prosecutor take into consideration…

So that's not clear. Did the border agents supervisors, or do you have any idea who spoke, if there was, in fact, a grand jury, to determine whether or not there was enough evidence?

Syria is basically a secular country. It is not an Islamic state. It is secular. They feared al Qaeda and the Taliban, and they don't want al Qaeda in Iraq creating chaos. Al Qaeda was basically the enemy of the Iranians. It was the enemy…

This is not a perfect bill. There is no utopia in the legislative process. Through consensus and dialogue, we have tried to integrate the ideas of the Members, and we feel very strongly that we have come up with a bill that will improve…

I would like to invite Mr. Farr from California to ply the placid waters of the Sassafras River and enjoy either a dawn or sunset in a canoe as we go past the marsh and beautiful forested areas along the coastal Chesapeake Bay. I want to…

Greenland is an interesting place because you can go back several hundred years. People were tracking the increasing or decreasing glacier ice cap. So there is a very accurate record. We saw some 20 years ago that the ice cap really…

This is what I would like to conclude with. Dubai Ports World will have no administrative authority over any ports. They will have no security responsibility over any ports in the United States. That is retained by the Federal and State…

I will tell you this, Mr. Farr: The aspects of Oceans- 21 in your bill that is subject to the jurisdiction----

We have held hearings on those issues. We have. And we have developed from your bill legislation that is moving through the subcommittee, that many of them have already passed the subcommittee and the full committee and are awaiting floor…

I would like to remind the Member what the focus of our attention should be: David Branning, Dale Burger, Robert Guy, Jason Mileo, Adam Mooney, Bryan Nicholas Spry, William Allers, Samuel Bowen, Jarrett Thompson, Patrick Adle, Neil Prince…

Mr. Chairman, I reluctantly urge a no vote on the gentleman's amendment. Every State in the Union gets an increase in Federal dollars in this bill. The distribution of all these Federal dollars depends on highway traffic on Federal…

I recently went to Iraq with the delegation of eight Members. Four Members on this delegation voted against the resolution to give the President the authority to use force, and they were going to vote against this $87 billion package…

I do want to say that the gentleman from Puerto Rico (Mr. Acevedo-Vila) asked us to propose this resolution for the 50th anniversary of the constitution of Puerto Rico with the full intent of giving the people of Puerto Rico a great deal…

A number of us in here, I am sure, have done some type of mentoring throughout our adult years and have found that specific relationships between adults and children are generally, especially in the context of mentoring, long lasting, they…

We have an amendment that deals with a concept known as the ``conservation corridor.'' A conservation corridor would use existing agricultural and forest conservation practices to ensure a steady contiguous land mass for the purpose of…

Mr. Chairman, one of the earlier speakers made a comment about how this amendment would be bad for the watershed. How I would like to respond to that is that contained in this amendment is a new approach to protecting watersheds so that we…

Our hearts go out to the hurt America now feels. For centuries, the international civilized community has been plagued by three fundamental enemies: ignorance, arrogance and dogma. America's solution for the long-term defeat of these…

I guess the question here is, for those of us who want a vote on this increase in gas mileage is, is it technically feasible? Do we have the brains, the will, the initiative to increase gas mileage and improve safety of these vehicles? The…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2984 directs the Secretary of Interior to convey all right, title and interest in the Middle Loup Division to the Farwell Irrigation District; the Sargent Irrigation District; and the Loup Basin Reclamation District, in…

Mr. Speaker, just to reiterate what the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar) said, we are also collectively, as a body, proud of the Coast Guard blue. I say to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar), my daughter, when she was 15…