Doc Hastings

I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young), whose State has tremendous resources. (Mr. YOUNG of Alaska asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Tipton), an author of one of the provisions of the bill.

I'm very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Lamborn), author of one of the provisions in this.

This amendment makes some technical, clarifying, and conforming changes to the underlying bill. It amends title IV to delete a portion of the land that the National Park Service does not want to acquire for the San Antonio missions and…

May I inquire of my friend from Arizona, we have no more requests for time, and I'm prepared to close, if the gentleman is prepared to close.

I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Herger), who is the author of title VIII of this bill.

I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Jones) who is the author of title X of this bill.

I'm pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Chaffetz), who is the author of title II of this bill.

I am very pleased to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Canseco), who is the author of title IV of this bill.

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Idaho (Mr. Labrador), who is the author of title XI of this bill.

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the author of title V of this bill, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Flores).

I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Nevada (Mr. Amodei), the author of title IX of this bill.

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Wittman), the author of title XIII of this legislation.

I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the author of title XIV, the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Bishop).

Just to correct the record, there is nothing in this bill that affects the Bureau of Reclamation or the hydro-dams on the Columbia River in my district. I'm very pleased right now to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Alaska (Mr…

I'm very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Denham), the primary sponsor of this legislation.

I urge adoption of the legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I am very pleased to yield 3 minutes to the author of the companion bill in the House of this legislation, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Benishek).

The Santa Fe Indian School in Santa Fe, New Mexico, established in the late 1800s, is a Federal off-reservation boarding school for the 19 pueblo governors of New Mexico. On December 20, 2000, Public Law 106 568 transferred 115 acres of…

Litigation that blocks economic activity and public needs, such as building schools, not only impedes recovery, but it diminishes trust of taxpayers who are subsidizing that litigation.

This represents just less than a 1-1/2 percent recovery rate, and I do not think anybody should be proud of that.

It is clearly appropriate to ask, in these tight fiscal times, whether taxpayers should subsidize groups that sue taxpayers in return.

There is an apparent lack of transparency and accountability to taxpayers when ESA settlements are being negotiated behind closed doors.

These lawsuits over the past four years have numbered more than 500 and have cost taxpayers millions of dollars.

Endless litigation diverts valuable time and resources away from actual recovery efforts.