Charles W. Stenholm

I am proud tonight to stand and take these 5 minutes in support of the Rural Veterans Access to Care Act of 2003 introduced by my good friend the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Osborne). I am just happy to say I am glad to be in his line-up…

today we owe the country $7,078 billion, being swept under the rug every day. Foreign holdings of our debt now total $1.5 trillion. Foreign investors financed 70 percent of our record $373 billion debt last year. In January of 2002…

This bill, if properly implemented, will begin to carefully undo 100 years of mismanagement of our national forests. It recognizes that this is going to be a long and expensive process. It recognizes that it cannot be done for nothing…

I will state I certainly agree with the chairman. I understand the benefit of multiparty monitoring. However, the chairman is correct in expressing that our intent with respect to projects conducted under title IV are to be scientifically…

During the Committee consideration of H.R. 1367, I raised some concerns about the potential that implementation of this bill, should it be passed and signed into law, might include an arbitrary graduation cutoff date for veterinarians…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3157 is a bipartisan piece of legislation that attempts to address the very serious issue of USDA program coordination and information dissemination during times of federally declared national disasters. Currently, there…

I rise in support of H.R. 3217, legislation to convey several small parcels of National Forest System land in the Apalachicola National Forest in order to resolve boundary discrepancies involving the U.S. Forest Service and the Mt. Trial…

That is most certainly the fear, and it is not just a fear, it is a reality if we impose these regulations all across the United States, as someone might in a certain area in which we have a different rainfall characteristic. The annual…

reclaiming my time, I took it exactly like the gentleman meant it. It was a compliment. I appreciate the support in this, because in many cases some of the folks do not agree with us on doing that either.

let me say the concern I have, when the regulations are read and the experiences we have had, we have had some extremely damaging experiences with the Endangered Species Act. What the gentleman says--7-day permit, that is correct; but…

Mr. Speaker, this motion is really very simple. It is basically intending to return this body to regular process. I know this is a novel idea around here lately, but it requires the managers of the House to meet in open session with the…

Inaction is not an option for this Congress. We must have this legislation as well as some other essential legislation before we leave town. I feel strongly about that. I felt more strongly, or as strongly, a year ago when what was…

Ironically, we are facing the same question in some regions of this country where dirt is considered a pollutant, and we are attempting to regulate plows. I remember 3 years ago, I believe, in Arizona, we were attempting to regulate dust…

I have done better than that. I have had them drill on my own property. They drilled 11 dry holes which I have had discussions with them as to why they could not do a better job of finding oil under my property than just drilling dry…

I will vote for the legislation to approve the administration's request for $87 billion in additional funding for operations in Iraq. We must provide our men and women in uniform in Iraq with the resources they need to complete their…

$87 billion is a lot of money to add to our already exploding debt. There is no question we will be in Iraq for a long time at great additional expense to American taxpayers. Many of us are willing to make tough choices to pay for these…

This is not a budget-busting amendment. We fully expect the conferees to live within the $400 billion. We have a different idea of the prioritization than what the majority party has, and we are just expressing that today. And also, when…

remember in the last couple of years how many times we have stood on this floor and voted to put those numbers in a lock box, and that was laughed at. But if we would have just done it, and we did for a couple of years, but we need to be…

In my opinion, we have the makings of the perfect storm in this country today, 500, now $600 billion deficit as far as the eye can see and we are ignoring it, $500 billion trade deficit as far as the eye can see and going up and we are…

I rise tonight in honor and remembrance of Robert Lloyd Kelley, who tragically passed away on March 15, 2003, at the age of 57. Robert Kelley, known as Bobby, was not only an outstanding father and beloved husband, he was also a great…

I rise in support of the Chile and Singapore free trade agreements. The Chile Free Trade Agreement will eliminate tariffs on 85 percent of U.S. exports to Chile immediately. The Singapore Free Trade Agreement eliminates Singapore's few…

I would return the compliment and also commend him for continuing to emphasize jobs, workers, environmental issues, which are all going to have to be more seriously addressed in all future agreements. We both agree on that.

it has been 798 days since President Bush and the Republican Party embarked on their economic plan for our country. During that time, the national debt has increased by $1,078,466,570,109. According to the Web site for the Bureau of Public…

I would, Mr. Chairman, because the gentleman is simply describing what we have been going through for the last 10, 15 years: litigation, difference of opinion. In the meantime, look at what is happening to our forests: infestation, forest…

many of us have spent countless hours on country-of-origin labeling on the authorizing committee both during the discussion on the farm bill and since. The Committee on Agriculture has conducted a series of briefings on country-of-origin…