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Mr. Chairman, I think it is extremely important that we focus on the fact that the McHale amendment is not an amendment to this bill that would make the bill deal with frivolous suits. It is an amendment to the bill which adds another step…
I would like to say in conclusion if you vote for the Berman amendment, what you get is a system which the gentleman from Pennsylvania had planned to add on to the Goodlatte amendment that would instead be the bill that would say we are…
Neither he or Kemp are high on my list, but I would say to the gentleman that the people in court are former lawyers, the judges are former lawyers. Yes, the judge is most likely a former defense lawyer. They are the ones that come here…
I am interested to hear the gentleman express his faith in George McGovern's judgment.
I regret very much that the majority leader came down here and read a statement and then walked off. I got him more time so that he could yield to me so that I could examine the anecdote but he said he would not take the time, and he…
I rise in opposition to the Hoke amendment. Mr. Chairman, the Hoke amendment to some extent places really in, I think, very stark relief what we are doing with this bill and with the bills that are to follow. First, we are in the process…
He is not going to go through months and years of work; that is preposterous to assume that that is going on. It is not going on. That is why you have the rule of sanctions that the gentleman and I discussed. It has not been used very…
I think the decision that we are about to make on the Schumer amendment really is a very fundamental decision that goes even beyond the details of this bill. That is, whether we are going to continue campaigning and continue sounding…
the $57,000-per-seat private dinner whereby the Speaker of the House is raising money for his new right- wing television network is the latest in a long series of questionable activities that require the investigation by an outside…
the pending resolution ought to include language to say that Members of Congress cannot take free meals and free vacations and free golf trips from lobbyists that are paid to influence the proceedings before this House. That addition to…
today we will take up the balanced budget amendment and I am one Democrat who supports an amendment. But I support an amendment that protects Social Security. There is no reason why we cannot pass a balanced budget amendment that still…
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 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…
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…
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…
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 answer is, the gentleman must perform his speaking duties within 48 hours of arriving and leave within 48 hours of speaking, and they must disclose every 6 months all that they spent on the gentleman on that trip. If the gentlemen can…
The plain fact is this. We have a bill on the floor today which is going to say that henceforth, a lobbyist whose only job is to come and influence us cannot pay for our greens fees. We ought to pay for them ourselves. He cannot buy us…
Let me ask the gentleman a question. Maybe a rhetorical question will do some good. Does the gentleman think the rules ought to permit him to go and play golf and have a lobbyist, whose job it is to convince him to vote for his client and…
I would simply say this to the comments by the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Burton] just a moment ago, and the others preceding him, that the fact of the matter is that campaign money goes into a campaign, and the money we are talking about…
The bill is sitting on the podium right in front of the gentleman, if he wants to read it, and furthermore, I would say the bill has been out since the subcommittee reported it out last November. So if any Member has not read it, it is not…
I understand the sentiments behind the gentleman's words, but the point is that we are only relating this to people who are registered lobbyists, who in effect are the lawyers in the courtroom. They should not be able to take the judge to…
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?
It is clear it does apply. The gentleman should not come forward and try to obfuscate this issue. Mr. Speaker, I reclaim my time. I also heard the gentleman from Florida get up a moment ago and make reference to criminal penalties. There…
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