Charles Taylor

No, I am pointing out that Congress had an experience in Philadelphia where they determined as a body, and it was enacted and in the Constitution in the beginning, deliberately wanting to have control of the capital city. It was not a…

I appreciate you entrusting me with the task of working on the education provisions of the District of Columbia Appropriations bill. This is tough work. Washington is a world capital, but the educational opportunities for the District's…

Every day in America police officers keep the peace in our communities. They stand as guardians of that line that too many thugs and hoodlums dare to cross. Tragically, in the line of that duty, some of these brave protectors are killed…

despite all the loud rhetoric we have heard today, this chairman holds the people of DC in respect. That is why I have so suffered the editorials and the charges in the press, and I sometimes wonder whether the editorial writers are…

I want to also thank the members of my subcommittee... It provides scholarship choice for Washington, DC students.

Mr. Chairman, of course taking the suggestion of the gentleman from Virginia [Mr. Moran], we could just abolish the House and just let the Senate make our determinations and we could all go home. But many of us think we have additional…

It would mandate, though, if the need were there, it would restrict us in a way that we would not have the freedom of making that decision. If it was not a question of shifting or if we needed more resources in areas as we mentioned a…

It would be difficult without reviewing the entire bill to see. It may be, more than a cut, it may be a shift in resources might be needed more than a cut itself.

I appreciated the support of the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Obey] for this bill, and I would tell him today that he has been misinformed about green timber being cut in the salvage area. The Senate included 318 language for the Pacific…

I hear time and time again from the other side they are for salvage sales. We had salvage sales. Then we had an appeals process that rendered salvage sales useless because the appeals would go on for years. Most of us know this timber has…

There is enormous pressure in this country from organizations that take in hundreds of millions of dollars, scaring people, and they want to continue to do that. That is why a lot of misinformation has been put out. I am afraid some of my…

Is it really essential; in other words, is the marbled murrelet going to be destroyed if this 1 percent is not in?

If that is absolutely essential, then have we considered the taking and compensating? We are considering the taking. Then can we consider the compensation of the individuals, not just this individual, but the other ranchers and other…

Exactly. The implications of that is going to be severe, not only economically, because of the thousands of jobs and tens of thousands of jobs to be lost, but environmentally. Because as we pointed out again and again, we use wood products…

There is no subsidy in the forest road system. First of all, the timber is sold by the national forests on a bid basis. The bid has two components. First of all, I bid what I am going to buy if I am a bidder for that timber that is put on…

to summarize I would say that to say that we are losing money by our timber harvest is not true. The homebuilders, the realtors, people who rely on the forest products to build homes know that it is not true and they know it is important…

Exactly. The Sierra Club came out recently with a vote two to one against any cutting on government forest lands altogether.

reclaiming my time, certainly in the area of salvage that is true, because the appeal process is getting so long now many companies will not give a high bid for government timber because the process is so lengthy.

reclaiming my time, what you are saying is the roads are built to government specifications. They either give you the credit for building the roads, or your bid is going to be lower because you are only going to pay a certain amount for…

I rise at this time to speak about an issue which I believe to be very important. I requested that the committee consider including language in the fiscal year 1997 Defense authorization bill authorizing additional funds for the purchase…

Allow me to compliment and put in perspective what these freshman Members of Congress, and we have two with us tonight, have done. And not only the freshmen but the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Kingston], a Member of the 103d Congress. In…

if we knew that government was perfect and it was all goodness and light, we might not need this amendment. We know from the Travelgate revelations that justice is not always blind. In fact, it is not even always just when administered by…

As one of the most revered evangelical leaders in modern history, Billy Graham has helped the less fortunate and prescribed the need for a moral society. He has been spiritual adviser and confidant to 10 Presidents. Over 100 million people…

First of all, it will restore forest health. Most of the things that have been said about it so far just are not true. Scientists recognize that the forests are undergoing a serious ecological decline because of a lack of management. Fire…

I appreciate the statements of the gentleman from Oregon about the forest salvage bill. It will come up as an amendment on Thursday to the emergency supplemental and rescission package that will be before the House, and the comments the…