Maurice Hinchey: “That is an important thing, and I very much appreciate it.”

Can you tell us how much time we have left on both sides? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New York has 6 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Texas has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

The protecting of our wild public lands, of course, as we know, is something that is deeply important.

If we can prevent pollution from occurring and dangers to the public health, we certainly ought to do that because we have huge examples for many centuries in this country where we haven't prevented the pollution and we end up having to…

The growth is very, very slow, and the unemployment rate is still 9 percent.