Bruce F. Vento

I wanted to just direct my attention to the gentleman from Texas [Mr. DeLay], and I want to say we accept him as an able spokesman for his point of view, but certainly not as an editor to Thomas Jefferson's prose on the Constitution. But I…

I want to credit the gentleman from California [Mr. Gallegly] and others that have advanced this important recognition of a former colleague... I want to thank Bob Lagomarsino. I want to obviously rise in support of this and ask my…

I strongly urge Members of this House, as Senator D'Amato, chairman of the Banking Committee, has accepted an amendment, to much greater extent in the other body. I think this should be a signal of an issue that is quite different than…

I just want to point out, Mr. Chairman, that the gentleman has not answered the questions in terms of the disparate treatment, in terms of some of the agencies that have the responsibility for the regulation of financial institutions and…

I just wanted to point out the concern that we have had with suggestions about the declaration of crisis in order for the action to take place, which then would suspend the requirements of the bill. And the problem that we have is that the…

I wanted to summarize by saying that I think that accepting this as a purpose in terms of recognition and really the complaint and the growth of this has been from the grassroots. It has not--the States are late to this particular process…

I just would point out this is not a discretion. It says it shall be administered in the same manner as the secretary. So it is a mandated requirement on page 28 of the bill, section 103.

I believe the gentleman understands my question: The language, ``before the enactment of this act,'' we are talking about the immediacy, the status quo which is taking place now.

Mr. Chairman, generally I think that first of all wilderness permits emergency and lifesaving and so forth and does permit the use of motorized vehicles in those instances. There is a unique problem here, a dilemma, apparently, in essence…

This particular language and these designations would not restrict the military flights. I would point out to the gentleman though that the gentleman from Minnesota and others have introduced legislation dealing with the overflights issue…

I would suggest to the gentleman, I do not have the exact acreage number before me, but it is more than 170,000 acres. We responded to the Defense Department's requests concerning lands available for wilderness by leaving these areas in…

Reclaiming my time, we have accommodated the corridor between Twenty-nine Palms and Fort Irwin in this legislation. We have taken other areas and placed them in the wilderness study rather than in the wilderness designation, so if there…

I do not want to continue the debate. I would just point out that the gentleman referred to a request for a hearing of me. I was working as a subcommittee chairman with this jurisdiction in the 101st, and this Congress. Under the rules of…

The gentleman from Montana is correct in his statement and observations regarding outfitting in wilderness and its compatibility with the provisions of the 1964 Wilderness Act. This act does not modify that basic policy.

I think that it is not being done. This has been the answer from the Forest Service for a long time of anything that we had recommended. The truth is that if it is redundant, the thing is, it is based on using existing information but…

I would further state, I want to make it clear that I do not accept, and I think that we really need to come to a common understanding as to what the backlog figures are for the National Park Service in terms of roads, in terms of land…

I, first of all, want to comment on the generous comments made by my colleague. He will certainly be missed as he has announced in the last week his decision not to seek or stand for reelection in the Virgin Islands after his nearly 30 to…