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the individual who is developing a piece of property or building a home on a piece of property or have a home on a piece of property already built, they have the same rights. If the Government walks in and takes the value of that property…
I do not see two different types of property rights in this particular piece of legislation. If you are talking about a developer, a developer has a right to assert their property right just as a residential homeowner. The residential…
we are not talking about pollution. We are talking about endangered species and wetlands declaration, and we are saying that when an individual loses the benefit of their property and it is taken by the Federal Government, there is…
Mr. Speaker, I want to take a moment today to salute the members of the Sealy High School Tigers football team, who recently won the Texas class 3A State football championship before a cheering crowd of 12,000 people in Houston's…
the White House believes that the Government, rather than the private sector, should run every health care program. And this is certainly the case with the Medicare prescription drug benefit. The President proposes taking private sector…
I rise in strong opposition to this piece of legislation, and I can speak with authority on this particular issue. I own a mini-14 Ruger with a collapsible stock. I even have a 30-shot clip. Do I own this weapon, this firearm, for home…
Today we have the opportunity, once and for all, to make incarcerated prisoners ineligible to receive Pell grants--the grant program designed to help low- and middle-income students meet the costs of attending college. We can do that by…
The Pell Grant program is a $6.3 billion program, but last year it suffered a $250 million shortfall. The Department of Energy estimates, and this is a very conservative estimate, that Pell Grants to prisoners constitute at least a $73…
This bill would transfer the title of the New London National Fish Hatchery facility from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the State of Minnesota's Department of Natural Resources. The legislation conveys all rights, title, and…
I rise in support of H.R. 3360, the Ballast Water Management Act, authored by my friend, Chairman Lipinski of Illinois. I remember when the Members of the Great Lakes delegation asked us to support their battle against the zebra mussel. We…
I rise in support of S. 476, a bill to reauthorize and improve the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. I would note that this bill was adopted by the House in November 1993. When legislation establishing the National Fish and Wildlife…
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