Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

The Dingell-Johnson Act implemented a new 10 percent excise tax on fishing rods, reels, related components and fishing tackle.

The goal Congress set then was unparalleled in all of history. Our country resolved to put an end to the decades--indeed, centuries--of neglect that had resulted in the extinction of the passenger pigeon and the Carolina parakeet, and the…

John Dingell was the floor manager. He wrote the preface for this book.

Being old sucks.

The urgency for pipeline safety is greater than ever.

This committee takes pipeline safety very seriously.

only a piddling amount.

I have a prepared statement which I will personally submit for the record.

This year is the 80th Anniversary of the issuance of the first Federal Duck Stamp.

It is a very happy system. It works well. And it has had no controversy that I can recall except one instance.