On the recordJune 26, 2014
Good. I will finish this. And I appreciate knowing the gentleman from Oregon is a Red Sox fan. That explains so, so much here. Mr. Chairman, I have to admit that this is probably a needless amendment. One would assume that if you write a law or you write a rule, that is what you do. This amendment basically says that you abide by the rules. Even though you have great and awesome power--never mind the man behind the curtain--you don't change the rules to pick winners and losers and one special interest group over another. You abide by the rule. In the first 77 lease issue, they had 7 years to go through the process of finding out what it is. This is one of the concepts in which it simply says we are going to obey the law. We are going to abide by the rules so everyone knows what is there and everyone knows with certainty what they can do and for what they should plan, and you don't change it at the last minute because you want to favor one group over another group. That is why we are doing this. It has happened in the past, it can happen in the future, and it should not. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Chairman, again, the sentiments expressed by the gentleman having to do with a particular experience in his State--perhaps his district-- is one thing, but this is really clear in the statutory language. It says that we will hold the public comment period.…
