I represent pear country in the northwest, at least in the State of Oregon. In the great Hood River Valley and down in the Jackson Road Valley, Jackson County and elsewhere across my district, they grow tremendous, tasty pears, many of…

I rise in opposition to the Udall amendment. I appreciate the gentleman's comments, though, about the need to have science involved in these decisions. Perhaps he will want to support my Sound Science for Endangered Species Act provisions…

I want to acknowledge up front that I am a broadcast licensee, owner and operator of five radio stations, and I am very supportive of this bill in this form. It was time that the broadcast community cleaned up the airwaves, that owners…

my parents are both gone now. They died before this Congress could act to provide prescription drug coverage for them under Medicare. So they both paid for it out of their pocket. Let us talk about what this bill would do for those who…

I rise in support of H.R. 3249-- a bill I introduced with my colleague from Oregon, Mr. DeFazio, which would extend the term of the Forest Counties Payments Committee. I want to commend the chairman of the Resources Committee, Mr. Pombo…

As a cosponsor of H.R. 3161, I stand here today to express my strong opposition to yesterday's decision by the U.S. District Court in Oklahoma. As of September of this year, 16 percent of all Oregonians, that is 541,117 citizens, have made…

I rise today representing the second largest district geographically in the Nation in the House, other than the five States that are only single-Member States, so I know something about rural health care. I spent 5 years on a community…

it was the brother of a man from The Dalles, the son of parents from Pendleton that perished, the extent of the tragedy that struck America, the terrible terrorist acts of September 11 spread like tentacles across the country. While our…

I find the gentlewoman's comments disturbing for this reason. What we really heard her say, and what we are hearing on this motion is, we are only going to deal with something when it is a crisis. And that is all we are going to deal with…

But the problem is, as we wait, the forests burn, the work does not get done, the issue is compounded. This is penny wise and pound foolish.

I rise in great, great frustration about where we find ourselves today, especially with the lack of notice that these funds were going to be cut out, when we thought they were going to be there.

let me address this issue of the fish kill last year, because the science is really in dispute. Dave Vogel says, In 1988, and he is a scientist who has studied this carefully, a run totaling 215,322 salmon occurred on the Klamath River…

I come from the great Northwest, and I am proud of the forests we have. My wife and I love to go out and kayak on the lakes, and we love to hike in the woods. Generally, you have to drive to get there. And when you get there, you want…

I am concerned that the Bureau of Land Management needs to be reminded of its responsibilities to provide for the continuation of normal and generally used modes of access to private inholdings. This is especially important now because the…

For 3 years the House Republicans have done what the Democrats failed to do for the 30 years they were in the majority and that is pass prescription drug coverage for seniors. And every time we have moved to pass legislation, our…

Second, let me suggest that the gentleman's side was given an opportunity to craft a bill to create a majority vote on this floor. The gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller) and the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio), whom I have…

I would suggest that the job losses occurred in my district under the Clinton Administration. I would suggest that and I bet I could prove that. The gentleman's numbers are about States in total, not looking at rural communities like the…

we are proud of a lot of things in the great State of Oregon. Having the highest unemployment rate at 8 percent is not among them. It is astounding to me to hear some of the Members on the other side of the aisle talk about unemployment…

If we want to create jobs in rural America, and that is what I represent, 72,000 square miles. My colleagues know my district. It is all of eastern Oregon. These are hard-working people. They are Republicans and Democrats. It is not a…

who supports our bill? I would tell my colleague from Colorado, the Colorado State forester supports our bill. Mr. Speaker, the Society of American Foresters, the National Association of State Foresters, and the Western Forestry Leadership…

This legislation has 17 Democrat co-sponsors. We have 137 overall filed on the bill. Three of those Democrat co-sponsors are the ranking members of their committees. This is land that was on fire at Squires Peak last year, 2002. This is in…

I want to show you here on these charts what we are talking about. I think for the folks here in the Chamber and at home, they are tired of talking. They are tired of debating. They are tired of process debates. But what they are really…

I first wanted to thank the committee chairman and the subcommittee chairman for working closely with me and the people I represent in a very rural part of Oregon to carefully craft this to take care of some very important needs of our…

I rise in support of H.R. 4953. This is a bill that would promote important transportation infrastructure improvements to an economically depressed area of central Oregon. Rapid population growth among the Bend and Redmond corridor in…

today we gather together as one people united in observance of the greatest tragedy in American history. We do so mournful of the staggering loss of life we suffered that terrible day one year ago and humbled by the heroes whose courage…