Rush Holt: “Too few Americans know how much they depend on the work of the USGS.”

Minimum wage has lost considerable buying power. It is not indexed to inflation.

If the leadership of this committee and this House would actually get to work and get the Elementary and Secondary Education Act up to date and working, there would be less need for waivers, I am sure.

I believe our parks are too precious a resource for us simply to abandon our responsibility in that matter.

H.R. 1587 would take the responsibility for approving oil and gas pipelines through the national parks away from Congress and hand it to the National Park Service.