Jon L. Christensen

I have been through some of the worst hurricanes in the last quarter of a century. They were experiences I never want to go through again, but none comes close to the devastation especially in the lives of the people of Louisiana…

as most members of this body know, I am a physician, and a member of physician organizations who practiced family medicine for 21 years. So, I know this issue first hand, and I am deeply troubled about patients who will be denied just…

this past weekend Members of the Black, Hispanic and Asian Pacific Islander caucuses met in Chicago to review the status of health in communities of color there and discuss policy and legislative remedies. On the weekend before that, the…

this LHHS appropriation bill not only undermines what would otherwise be our nations greatest resource, its people, but as a document is not worthy of what I believe this country stands for. As a matter of fact, as I look at what the…

this bill not only undermines our Nation's greatest resources, our people, but as a document, it is not worthy of what this country stands for. As a matter of fact, when I look at it, I just do not know what the Nation stands for. It…

I rise in support of H.R. 938, to establish the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area in Connecticut and Massachusetts. I am particularly pleased that Title 2 of the bill includes legislation I sponsored in the last Congress and…

I am proud to join my fellow committee members of the Committee on Homeland Security in strong support of H.R. 1544, the Faster and Smarter Funding For the First Responders Act of 2005. This bipartisan legislation was unanimously supported…

I have heard a lot of descriptions, Mr. Speaker, of the President's budget, but the word that keeps coming to my mind is shameless. It is a budget of misplaced priorities that will only serve to widen the disparities that the Congressional…

In 1948, then Chairman George Gillette of the Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold, North Dakota, wept as a contract was signed to sell over 150,000 acres of tribal land to the U.S. Government to build the Garrison Dam. Through his…

Mr. Speaker, S. 1466 is intended to accelerate the transfer of millions of acres of Federal lands to Alaska natives, the State of Alaska, and to native corporations. Those individuals and entities are entitled to receive lands from the…

H.R. 1446 is a bipartisan proposal which was introduced by the gentleman from California (Mr. Farr), our colleague, which originally passed the House on October 20, 2003. This bill has been returned to the House with a Senate amendment…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4593 has been returned to the House with Senate amendments that both add and detract from the bill that originally passed the House last month. The additions to the bill involve modifications that the Senate made to the…

I rise in support of S. 211 to authorize a single new National Heritage Area in New Mexico. While the bill combines a number of Heritage Area proposals, I am particularly pleased to see my legislation, H.R. 1594, to provide for a study of…

across our Nation people are grasping for solutions to better control and mitigate the significant adverse economic and environmental costs associated with invasive plants, animals and insects. The pending measure is the final product of a…

as congressional action is required for land and trusts to be sold, and the Paiute Indian Tribe has contacted us for assistance, we are very supportive of authorizing the Secretary to convey these lands for the tribe. We support the…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4593, as it is being brought to the floor today, is a diverse bill affecting land and resources in Nevada and New Mexico. First and foremost, I want to take this opportunity to commend my colleague the gentleman from New…

H.R. 1630 as it is being brought to the floor today is not the same bill that passed the Committee on Resources in July. An issue was raised by the majority on the acquisition of the private lands within the park, but I am pleased that the…

two weeks ago this House blocked consideration of legislation sponsored by my colleague from New York, Mrs. McCarthy, to extend the ban on the manufacture, transfer, or possession of semiautomatic assault weapons. The assault weapons ban…

I am pleased to join him and other Members of our committee to call attention to the glaring deficiencies in homeland security, which continue to exist now more than 3 years after the attacks of 9/11, and the failures of the administration…

Mr. Speaker, this bill would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to work with local interests to study possible projects to stabilize groundwater levels in San Joaquin County in California. I appreciate the efforts made by the chairman…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4806, the Pine Springs Land Exchange takes approximately 80 acres of forest lands in the Lincoln National Forest and exchanges that for private land currently owned by Lubbock Christian University. Currently, Lubbock…

However, behind his humorous words, the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Rahall) was pointing out there are serious problems with H.R. 2966, and I share the concern raised by the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Rahall), the Bush…

I am very pleased the House is considering my bill, H.R. 2663, to provide for a study to determine the feasibility and suitability of designating Castle Nugent Farms on my home island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands as a unit of…

I just want to also take this opportunity to recognize the opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian which will honor, memorialize, and teach the history and culture of the first people of this country and to…

I rise in support of H.R. 3980 and applaud the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Neugebauer) and the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Moore) for introducing it and getting it to the floor for passage today. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3980 would establish the…