Political Quotes

“Yes, I am the designee of the gentleman from Florida. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 263, line 3, strike ``; and'' and insert a semicolon. Page 263, after line 3, insert after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph: (4) in subsection (h)(2), by inserting ``, including, to the extent practicable, practices that maximize benefits for honey bees'' after ``pollinators''; and At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following: SEC. 12___. PROTECTION OF HONEY BEES AND OTHER POLLINATORS. (a) In General.--The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall carry out such activities as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to protect and ensure the long-term viability of populations of honey bees, wild bees, and other beneficial insects of agricultural crops, horticultural plants, wild plants, and other plants, including-- (1) providing technical expertise relating to proposed agency actions that may threaten pollinator health or jeopardize the long-term viability of populations of pollinators; (2) providing formal guidance on national policies relating to-- (A) permitting managed honey bees to forage on National Forest Service lands where compatible with other natural resource management priorities; and (B) planting and maintaining managed honey bee and native pollinator forage on National Forest Service lands where c…”