Steve Pearce

I know you are testifying about the capital formation. But looking at investments, protecting investors, how do you differentiate between bad business plans and fraudsters?

It's time to put words into action and I think the chairman of this committee feels the same.

I strongly urge support for the President's FY 2012 budget request for the Department of State, USAID and related agencies.

The mortgage crisis that we found here, the banking crisis to me is fairly simple and straightforward. We just poured too much money into a market.

It is time for someone to speak up for the taxpayers, who have now dished out $150 billion to save these institutions which were declared 'too-big-to-fail.'

I've listened with respect to the arguments from all of the speakers on the opposition side. I would note that $10 million, the amount that is designated for the RRW, is just enough to keep the doors open; that once we allow this team of…

Although I don't always agree with the administration, I would say that the same administration he was praising has issued a veto threat because there is a constitutional abridgement that's possible in this bill, a takings violation, from…

Mr. Chairman again, the gentleman from California said let's talk about the facts. He said we do not have rare Earth. We do have rare Earth minerals; we don't have rare Earth mines. Those were shut down by the EPA due to lawsuits. U.S…

What was offensive about this particular amendment that simply says no Federal funds may be used to condemn, and it just gets really clear, because again, those of us in the West, maybe we're overly sensitive, but so much land has been…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We again have the issue of depredation. There is no fund that pays ranchers when their livestock is killed. So we have the livestock, which in these days of ranching, ranching is a very hard business, and we have…

My simple point was that the same agency that approved the puffer machines is going to approve the explosion devices; and my feeling is that the agency has been ill-managed since the beginning. We have a desperate need on the southern…

We spent a lot of money on the puffer machines that are at the airports. We have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on those, and I would ask the gentleman about the quality of product that we are getting from those puffer machines.

I would point out that one similarity, that we are willing to treat them similar with for-profit businesses is reach down and extract profits away from them in the way that we're going to do under the Hard Rock Mining Act, and the way we…

I would point out that the REAL ID Act is not the only source of documents, that people who are here illegally should have some sort of U.S.--

The truth is, that is a great example of one of the fundamentals of economics: The things that we tax more of, we have fewer.

The very amusing thing is the people that are so critical of the contracting process, the negotiation process, are exactly the same people that said we should trust the Federal Government, who negotiated so badly here, to negotiate in good…

H.R. 5016, introduced by Mr. Kolbe, would consolidate lands within the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area located 50 miles south of Tucson. The area consists of 42,000 acres managed by the Bureau of Land Management. This legislation…

H.R. 3626 introduced by our colleague the esteemed Rob Bishop from Utah begins the effort to expand water storage in northern Utah to meet growing demands. This legislation authorizes the Bureau of Reclamation to look at the feasibility of…

H.R. 4750, sponsored by Congressman Tom Osborne, authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility of a water supply and conservation project in the Republican River Basin. This legislation would enact into law one…

H.R. 4789 would convey nearly 400 acres of small isolated Bureau of Land Management parcels of land to the Wells Hydroelectric Project located in Anzwell, Washington. The project provides power to large parts of Oregon and Washington. The…

Mr. Speaker, the Utah Regional Land Exchange Act is the culmination of years of analysis and negotiations among representatives of Utah's State School Trust Lands, the Department of the Interior, locally elected officials, environmental…

H.R. 6014, sponsored by Resources Committee Chairman Richard Pombo, authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to assist in protecting and improving California's Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The delta is one of the most flood-prone areas in…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1711, sponsored by Congresswoman Heather Wilson, authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to assist the State of New Mexico in developing comprehensive water plans. New Mexico is experiencing record drought, and limited…

H.R. 3534 establishes the Piedras Blancas Light Station Outstanding Natural Area in San Luis Obispo County, California. Federal, State and local officials, as well as private groups, have long sought a way to protect, conserve and enhance…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 5132 directs the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasibility and suitability of including certain lands related to the Battle of the River Raisin during the War of 1812 in Monroe County, Michigan, as part of the…