This is the point I am trying to make. It is my understanding that what the chairman wanted to do today is in effect lock us into a number, today, for next year's authorization. If I would vote for the gentleman's amendment, what I am in effect voting for is not only to raise these levels up to the Interior, but I am also locking myself into saying I will vote for $220 million for fossil energy next year.
Discussing the implications of an amendment related to next year's authorization for fossil energy funding.
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I look forward to doing that with my friends and colleagues on both sides of the aisle.
It is our responsibility on this Subcommittee to highlight, as we have in so many hearings, the issues important to the people we represent.
It is our responsibility on the subcommittee to highlight, as we have in so many hearings, the issues important to the people we represent.
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