James Oberstar: “We will expect that information, Mr. Salt.”

I, too, have natural resources--national forests, national parks, wildlife refuges. When fire, as it does regularly, strikes the national forest, that land regenerates. The oil destroys. It likely cannot be restored by itself or by human…

We want to protect our waters. We want to protect our wetlands. We want to provide for future generations.

I would like to make the observation, Madam Speaker, that the gentleman took the lead in our Public Buildings Subcommittee many years ago, during his first term in Congress, on courthouses. The gentleman has saved the taxpayers of this…

But we all also recognize that the potential cost of meeting these needs is immense.