Sherwood Boehlert

Courts cannot impose taxes. But courts are charged with the responsibility of dealing with the laws we, the House of Representatives, and the Senate, and the Congress of the United States, pass. And when we are dealing with sensitive…

I want to point out that the example cited by the gentleman, and I am very sensitive to that, would be taken care of under existing Forest Service programs. This is a very narrow, targeted area.

I would say for my distinguished colleague, the gentleman from Maryland, for whom I have the greatest respect, that this bill was not about roads primarily, initially, but this amendment suddenly makes it about roads. My amendment simply…

this amendment says that no roads could be built if doing so would violate any law or policy in effect or proposed on the date of enactment. This complex language boils down to one thing. The amendment's language will prevent this bill…

I would point out, we did not raise this issue. We were offering no amendments until we needed to respond to the base amendment that was offered here. My amendment was not the extreme amendment. It is an effort to get back to the language…

the spirit is one thing, but reality is something altogether different. There still is a fundamental flaw, as the gentleman from North Carolina would acknowledge.

Mr. Chairman, for those who say that my substitute guts the bill, I would point out that my substitute retains section 3 and 4 of the manager's amendment. Are the sponsors saying that those sections of the bill are meaningless? I do not…

I point out what the Judicial Conference of the United States says, and keep in mind we are talking about a basic issue decided by the Supreme Court that this bill proposes to overturn. That issue was decided 7 to 1 by the Supreme Court…

my substitute, the Boehlert substitute, is the only way to correct that flaw, because it would eliminate the portion of the bill dealing with local zoning laws. Let me reemphasize what we are talking about. We are talking about local…

Mr. Chairman, it has been alleged that the manager's amendment accommodates all of our objections to the bill. This simply is not so. The fundamental flaw in this bill is not addressed in the manager's amendment. It does now say that if a…

I rise in support of my substitute. Here is what the substitute would do. It would allow those who sue the Federal Government over property rights to get to Federal court more rapidly. It does that in language that is virtually identical…

I support this compromise because I believe my friends from the West have some reasonable complaints with the current system. It is not unreasonable to involve Congress in changes in the status of huge tracts of land, tracts of land of…

Mr. Speaker, the bill would amend the Clean Water Act to allow a community in Puerto Rico to apply to EPA for an alternative to secondary treatment requirements. Any alternative approved by EPA would be, and this is important, would be…

I support the amendment. Mr. Chairman, I rise this evening in strong support of the Lowey-Gilchrest-Castle-Boehlert Amendment. Protecting our nation's coastal waters from nonpoint source pollution is one of the greatest water quality…

Mr. Chairman, the author of this amendment has acknowledged that every year he comes to the floor and proposes a near identical amendment. When is he going to get the message? Every year this House has increasing support for the Economic…

Mr. Speaker, first I would like to point out that the passage of this legislation shows what can happen when we all work together. Since its inception in 1977, the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program has contributed greatly to…

I rise to announce the passing of baseball Hall-of-Famer Richie Ashburn. Richie Ashburn was my first boyhood hero when he began his career with the Utica Blue Sox back in 1945. Mr. Ashburn played center field, primarily with the…

under the population aid formula, 37 percent distribution of funds, every State except Florida loses money because we eliminate all discretionary spending. Where you gain money, and it is marginal, is under the student aid distribution…

despite a few mistakes, the National Endowment for the Arts has worked and continues to work remarkably well. It provides funds on the basis of excellence, not merely population. That is not an elitism, that is the time-honored…

In the event that an environmental review found that the project was in some way at odds with environmental law or the spotted owl guidelines, then the project would have to be altered accordingly?

the bill before us today provides the necessary, and I emphasize necessary, funding for the operations of our Nation's intelligence functions. It also provides continuing support, in keeping with the committee's work over the previous 2…

when all is said and done, I view this as a keep-the-faith with the American people amendment. The authors are asking of us to approve exactly what we said we would do, we would charge taxes and fees and we would use that money to build…

we are coming to the close of a spirited and very serious debate, and I want to commend all those who have participated for the seriousness of purpose. My substitute addresses the stated objective of H.R. 478 in a manner that does not…

this substitute would accomplish what the sponsors of H.R. 478 only claim to do. That is, it would ensure that the Endangered Species Act never subverts emergency work to prevent or respond to floods, while keeping fundamental species…

I think the gentleman will be happy to know that we take care of his primary concerns. First of all my amendment does not deal with only after. We deal with prior to. We have made an adjustment as a result of the Dicks amendment to mine…