the purpose is to require that the Forest Service place native biodiversity at the top of the list of its priorities in managing these lands. Native biodiversity is defined as one of the definitions which the gentleman has referred to…

If we continue to allow the building of roads in these areas, Madam Chairman, we are going to continue to see a system whereby the rape of the land is substituted for the care of the land, a system whereby we spend more to get the timber…

Madam Chairman and Members, many of you have cosponsored over the last several years a strong attempt to move in the direction of a new and more reasonable management of our publicly owned lands with regard to harvesting of forests. It is…

Amendment offered by Mr. Bryant: At the end of the bill, add the following: SEC. 13. PROHIBITION ON EVEN-AGE MANAGEMENT. (a) Conservation of Native Biodiversity.--The Secretary shall conserve native biodiversity to the extent possible in…

The response is very simple. It is public land. Even private foresters are moving away from clearcutting. Why would we want on land owned by you and me and our neighbors to strip the land bare, down to the flat muddy soil, and cause all of…

The fact of the matter is it represents a system of forest management that is absolutely reprehensible. The gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. Vento] has a compromise bill to defend, and I understand that, but I do not believe in his heart he…

Of course. Everything that applies to a lobbyist with regard to lobbying the House applies to lobbying the executive branch.

But it arises out of the fact that today in the United States we have a set of lobbying statutes that do not work, do not require the disclosure of necessary information so that the public can know what is going on, does not tell those who…

My question is this, does the gentleman think that the rules of this place ought to permit him to have a lobbyist, whose job it is to influence him, pay for his greens fees?

Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Walker] has the moral and professional obligation to read this bill before he comes to the floor. This bill applies all the same rules of lobbying the executive branch that it applies to…

This bill was handled just like the 1989 revision of the gift laws in a task force. It went through the subcommittee, was voted out unanimously. It was the subject of intense scrutiny----