Charles Taylor

I want to ensure my colleague from California that our water research program should be targeted and focused to solving real water supply problems. I am aware that the Resources Committee is advancing Mr. Doolittle's bill and that…

I thank the gentlemen. I do recognize and appreciate you drawing it to our attention, the significance of the history of this matter, and we will take a look at it and see what we can do to work with the gentlemen.

I thank you, Congressman McHenry. I appreciate your leadership on this important issue and assure you that I will look forward to working with you on this issue. The committee will be in contact with EPA on the monitoring of PM 2.5…

I am aware of this situation. I understand that the Environmental Protection Agency should soon be releasing the results of the March audit for the Catawba area. Mr. McHENRY. I thank the chairman. It is also my understanding of the EPA…

I am not qualified to speak on why the intelligence service says this, but I would yield to a gentleman to make a comment about who is qualified to make statements on that.

I would yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from California (Mr. Lewis).

If we withdraw any objection to this amendment, is the gentlewoman envisioning a rollcall vote or just a simple voice vote?

I raise a point of order. We have an agreement. I do not think we can strike the last word when we have a time agreement. Would the chairman rule on that and inform me? The Acting CHAIRMAN. Under the order of the House of earlier today…

Reclaiming my time, we would accept the gentleman's amendment under that representation. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.

The amendment requires EPA to comply with the executive order by the first President Bush dealing with environmental justice. We have no objection to the amendment.

Again, I say this is a very difficult choice to make, and the committee has tried to be as bipartisan as possible. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the…

May I inquire if there are other speakers? The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Fossella). The gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Terry) has yielded back.

Reclaiming my time, I would be happy to discuss this matter with the gentlewoman from South Dakota.

The gentleman is correct. In no way should this study delay or disrupt either phase I or II of the planned cleanup of the Hudson River or any other ongoing Superfund project. I will work with the gentleman to consider modifications to…

There is a lot of hysterical comments on the floor, and I share the gentleman's concern about high gas prices. The unfortunate thing is we are not spending any money now to buy gas. No funds are being expended here. We expect the next 39…

I commend the gentleman. The San Marcos National Monument in St. Augustine, Florida, is one of the outstanding examples of parks for the east coast, and his effort is commendable. As the gentleman can appreciate, we cannot make commitments…

I oppose the amendment. The question is a question of States' rights and management of wildlife populations. The States have broad responsibility and authority over resident fish and wildlife, including fish and wildlife found on Federal…

I agree that many of our National Forests do have unnaturally dense growth which contributes greatly to the extreme threat of catastrophic wildfire that our forests and communities face. Such fires pose a serious threat to the lives and…

We appreciate the gentleman and gentlewoman for their leadership on this issue of fowl mortality associated with electric power lines. We always want to save any bird possible, but this is somewhat of a bird-brained interpretation of what…

You continually fight for the rights of Native Americans and you have persistently expressed to me the need to properly fund our trust responsibilities to the tribes. It has been a longstanding policy of this committee to fund water rights…

I do share the gentleman's sentiments about the accessibility of quality care for our Nation's veterans. North Carolina has also experienced an influx of veterans in recent years and the failure of this VA pilot program is a setback in our…

The committee is very concerned about construction contractor performance and delays in providing the required work to the Architect within the specified contract completion period. Apparently the Architect has not been including penalty…

Well, Mr. Chairman, I would tell my colleague that since 1995, my predecessors, the last two chairmen, have saved over $1.2 billion in this bill. Now, that is a savings trend established in the 1990 to 1995 period. In addition, the FTEs…

That was Frank, and certainly it was a tribute to Frank and to his district to return him back here, and he has been with us since. I think that is a tribute to the people of his district to see and to overcome the heavy spending and the…