Ralph Hall: “Notwithstanding my great respect for the gentleman from Travis County, Texas (Mr. Doggett), I opposed his amendment on…”

“Notwithstanding my great respect for the gentleman from Travis County, Texas (Mr. Doggett), I opposed his amendment on the floor here. But the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Barton) and others of us got together and I think we thought, not hysterically but from the standpoint of reason, it was the easiest way to deal with it, to send it on to conference and we could work it out. Mr. Speaker, we tried to do that, and we have been unsuccessful in working it out with the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Doggett). We have carried out our part of the bargain. We sought the views of the governors; and, yes, we sought the views of Governor Bush, our governor, my governor, the governor of the State of Texas and the governors of the other two States. They oppose the Doggett amendment, and under these circumstances I fully support the conference report and the rule requested by the chairman. Texas is not about to get all the garbage. I think it is everyone's knowledge that there is a limitation on the amount that can come. I think it is 1.8 million cubic feet. Of that, only 20 percent of that can come from the other States.”