Brent Scowcroft, U.S. Air Force lieutenant general, retired, and former National Security Adviser, said of this vote, ``Denying permanent normal trade relations will remove none of the blemishes that China's opponents have identified.''…

I just have to make a comment as well about the concept of these Federal lands being so productive to employment. The gentleman who went to the university, as I recall, as apparently been a long time going back through eastern Oregon and…

our amendment is as simple as it is fair and logical. It simply says that if the Federal Government already owns more than one-half of our State, then before it can buy any more private land in that State, the State will have an…

first of all, let me say this does not apply to Washington, so the gentleman's implication that it applies to Washington is inaccurate. It applies to 5 States: Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Nevada. We are not talking about something…

I rise today first to declare a conflict of interest. I am a community radio broadcast station owner and operator and have been for 14 years. My father started in this business in the late 1930s. There has never been more diversity on the…

I rise today with profound sadness to honor the short, yet exceptional life of Lance Corporal Seth G. Jones, who perished last Saturday, along with 18 fellow Marines, in an aircraft crash near Marana, Arizona. Madam Speaker, Lance Corporal…

my purpose in rising this afternoon is threefold. I would like to share with my colleagues a story that is virtually unparalleled in illustrating the difficulty many military retirees face in the effort to have their government fulfill its…

last weekend I had the great fortune of visiting with the ranchers and individual citizens who live on and around Steens Mountain in Harney County. I traveled many miles over a majestic loop road that takes in the magnificent views of the…

the point here is that we have many problems in my district in terms of predators devouring livestock. This program is helpful to that as part of the bigger package that combines State and local funds to deal with it. Sometimes it is one…

the prevalence of federal land that is closed to economic activity has created a serious problem for many counties in Oregon and elsewhere in the West.

I would like to address the problems that occur when the federal government is the owner of a high percentage of the property in a given area.

H.R. 974 would create a fund to allow students to attend public universities in other states at the in-state tuition rate, giving students from Washington, D.C. a better chance to succeed.

the federal government must be held accountable for the damage its land management policies have caused rural counties.

as the parent of a third grader in public schools in Oregon, I am absolutely committed to smaller class sizes. But the best way to do that is to fund the special education mandate, not to create more federal mandates and programs. Coming…

H.R. 609 will help expand export markets for our Nation's pear growers. The Export Apple and Pear Act passed in 1933 required that apples and pears meet certain standards prior to export to ensure that only the top quality pears and apples…