I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Bishop), a member of the House Natural Resources Committee.

I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Scalise), a former member of the House Natural Resources Committee. {time} 1515

I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Tipton), the sponsor of the underlying legislation.

I am prepared to close. I have the right to close, so I will reserve the balance of my time.

President Obama has made no secret of the fact that he is willing to act unilaterally to impose new laws and regulations on the American people, declaring that he has ``a pen and a phone.'' Over the last 5 years, there have been numerous…

I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Tipton), the sponsor of this legislation.

I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Gardner), who I think was a member of the committee but is not anymore.

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from Wyoming (Mrs. Lummis), a member of the Natural Resources Committee.

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I want to commend the gentleman from Oklahoma for his hard work on behalf of Native Americans. American Indian tribes rely on their water rights to provide critical supplies to their people and to…

I have at least four others, besides myself, that want to address this very important issue.

I am very pleased to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Benishek), the author of the House legislation which is the companion to what we are voting on from the Senate.

I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Camp), another cosponsor of this legislation and the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.

I urge the adoption of the legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Hastings) that the House suspend the rules and pass the…

The legislation before the House today enjoys bipartisan and bicameral support in Congress and the strong endorsement of the affected local communities. Our colleague, Mr. Daines of Montana, is the lead sponsor of this bill, and he has…

I am very pleased to yield 6 minutes to the gentleman from Montana (Mr. Daines), the author of this legislation. (Mr. DAINES asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

This bill reflects decades of work, work by local citizens who organized to reject the dictates of the Federal bureaucracy and to protect public access and recreation. At the same time that this bill designates new wilderness, it also…

I urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Hastings) that the House suspend the rules and…

I thank my colleague for her kind words, and I support this legislation. I yield back the balance of my time.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise to support this measure, and particularly the portion that is sponsored by our colleague from Georgia (Mr. Collins) that will ensure transparency of Federal agencies' litigation settlement…

I will advise my friend that, at this point, I have no more requests for time, and I am prepared to close if the gentleman is prepared to close.

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I just want to say that I think this amendment adds to what he is attempting to do because the issue of salvage and the timeliness of that is something that is lost on a lot of people. So I…

I yield myself as much time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, the Public Access and Lands Improvement Act, H.R. 2954, is a bipartisan package of 10 bills to protect and promote public access to lands; to improve opportunities by removing red…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding. I support this amendment. I think the brief part of this debate here points out the importance of having flexibility on the local level rather than having a one-size-fits-all; because there are…

I yield the gentleman an additional 1 minute. Mr. McCLINTOCK. If we take it up now, we can generate the funds necessary to suppress brush buildup, to plant new seedlings and to restore these forests for the use and enjoyment of our…

Sometimes I have to wonder when I hear these motions to recommit what exactly my friends on the other side of the aisle are thinking. The first part of this motion to recommit talks about payment in lieu of taxes, or PILT. Those of us in…