My legislation reauthorizes the 1991 Reclamation States Emergency Act for an additional 5 years until 2018.
H.R. 3189, legislation introduced by Rep. Tipton, touches at the heart of these issues.
I appreciate the fact that we are meeting today in the midst of a government shutdown.
It is hard to argue with a straight face that somehow the EPA or this administration is carrying out a, quote, regulator...
the real war on mining and jobs is currently being waged by the House Republican Majority through their misguided shutdo...
I don't believe that we are going to go down the path of suspending all laws and judicial review to do the salvage, but ...
But those activities cost money. Implementing the Healthy Forest Restoration Act...requires congressional appropriation.
We are willing to do anything and everything that it takes to gain this prestigious recognition...
And so this, of course, is something that I appeal to the committee's genuine sense of fairness...
There is common ground between Democrats and Republicans on this committee about the need for restoration to make our fo...
But none of these things are happening right now thanks to this illogical, irresponsible, completely unnecessary Governm...