Sherwood Boehlert: “essentially the amendment deletes on page 14 of the bill paragraph 4, subsections (A) and (C), to make it abundantly…”

“essentially the amendment deletes on page 14 of the bill paragraph 4, subsections (A) and (C), to make it abundantly clear that we are not going to have a raid on the land and water conservation fund to finance the program. The environmental community raised this objection as its principal objection to the bill. I have here a letter signed by a whole host of representatives from key environmental organizations with whom the gentleman from California (Mr. Miller) and I work very closely and have over the years. They point out that they are strongly supportive of efforts to clean up the Salton Sea, but they are specific in their strong objection to the authorization of funding from the land and water conservation fund. We agree with that, and I am pleased to report that this amendment would eliminate that principal objection. I am not trying to suggest to anyone that this eliminates all of the objections; it does not, as the gentleman from California (Mr. Miller) and I both know. But I think this makes a major improvement to the bill, and I am pleased to offer the amendment.”