Bruce F. Vento

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 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 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 think this is one of the pitfalls with the legislation that we have before us. It sort of is the blame game in terms of one unit of government, local, the county governments, and States blaming the other for the challenges and…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the Pombo amendment. What this amendment is all about is whether or not we are going to have a national wilderness system or not, and whether or not it is going to apply to these lands in California…

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.

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…

The gentleman is aware, of course, there are literally millions of acres of BLM land that is not designated as wilderness or park in the measure that is before us. Immediately in this area, of course, there was a concern in terms of…

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.

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…

the issue before us in terms of the one-square mile road is of some concern. The basis for some of the negotiations, I might say, are directly related to the military withdrawal of China Lake which has been a long-time military…

Reclaiming my time, I might say that the Natural Resources Committee is one of the most productive committees and produces--works on a lot of different proposals that are complex. The types of changes included in this substitute, I might…

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…

The point with regard to the 15 years I did not characterize with the other language, but I do not agree with the gentleman's interpretation of the argument over 'necessary' and or 'desirable' in terms of what the impact would have been…

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…

the modifications in the amendment, and incidentally, I appreciate the cooperation of the minority members of the Committee on Natural Resources and other members, the modifications merely correct the page and line references. They have…

H.R. 2473, the Montana Wilderness Act, as reported by the Committee on Natural Resources, addresses the controversy over 6 million acres of national forest roadless lands in Montana. The committee's bill is an important conservation…

I rise in opposition to the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Bryant]. Madam Chairman, it would ban all clearcutting and all road building on the Montana national forest lands released by this bill to management by the…

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…

S. 341 would provide for a land exchange between the United States and two counties in western Colorado. The bill is similar to one passed by the House in the last Congress on which action was not completed prior to the sine die…

H.R. 1134 is a bill by the gentleman from Colorado [Mr. Skaggs] that addresses the complicated land-ownership pattern in Clear Creek County, CO. This area was the locale of some of the earliest discoveries of gold and silver in Colorado…

H.R. 3567, the John F. Kennedy Center Act Amendments of 1994, provides for a five-year authorization for maintenance, repair, and capital projects at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in the District of Columbia. The…