Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you again for the courtesy of allowing me to make my statement.

I yield myself 2 minutes. Mr. Chairman, I oppose this amendment. While it is being sold as an attempt to protect contract and property rights, it does none of these things because there are no rights that are violated by this bill. What…

I thank the gentleman for bringing this amendment to the floor. He made the observation in his debate that this is something that we were talking about in the previous debate, because we're going to have to have more helium; and market…

I yield myself the balance of my time. The assertion is made that this violates contracts. I want to be very specific: current law says that when the debt is paid back, the contracts that are entered into expire. Therefore, we are not…

I'm really disappointed to see this MTR. There is so much talk in this House about working together on both sides of the aisle. This bill is truly a bipartisan bill. And I suspect that there are probably Members on both sides of the aisle…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 394, nays 1, not voting 37, as follows: [Roll No. 128]…

I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Holt), a cosponsor of H.R. 527.

I thank the gentleman for bringing this amendment to the floor, and I intend to support it. With our fiscal situation in this country, this is a good addition to the amendment; and I thank the gentleman for bringing it forward.

I'm pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Lamborn), the chairman of the subcommittee dealing with this issue.

I want to ask my friend from New Jersey, I have at this point no further requests for time. One additional speaker may be coming, but I'm prepared to close.

I'm very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Wittman), a valuable member of the Natural Resources Committee.

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I want to thank my other colleague from Washington (Mr. Heck) for having this Special Order. I didn't know Governor Gardner that well. We come from different political parties. That's one reason why…

But over 20 House chambers of radioactive/nuclear waste is what is stored underground next to the Columbia River in my State of Washington.

Today's hearing is another step forward in the effort to establish a historical park to preserve the story and facilities of the Manhattan Project.

I certainly concur with that, because the effort to win the Second World War, obviously, was not confined to just these three areas.

Well, I would just say that perhaps there is some radioactivity on some sides of the House chamber and not on others, but I won't go into that detail.

We now know that a majority of the House--which includes both a majority of Republicans and Democrats--support establishment of this Historical Park and its passage is now a question of when, not if.

During the course of debate today, it was mentioned several times--which of course is true--that virtually identical legislation passed in the last Congress with bipartisan support. I find it rather ironic that the author of this motion to…

The gentleman had 5 minutes to make his case. No, I will not yield to the gentleman. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit. There was no…

I thank the gentleman for offering this amendment. I think it adds a great deal to all the work that you and your bipartisan cosponsors had put into this, and I support the amendment.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. As you say, I think this is a technical amendment. It adds to the bill, and I support it.

Today the Subcommittee will hear testimony on a number of bills to address the management stalemate that afflicts millions of acres of our Federal forests.

it would be more advantageous and more beneficial to Americans that live in these counties if we work together.

I just find it absolutely ironic, when we hear testimony from Members that represent counties that receive these payments, and the hardships they are facing, this to me is a classic example of this Administration trying to illicit as much…

Haven't we heard from the public that our forest lands are badly managed, and yet you are cutting them? I mean why would you make a determination that buying more is more important than managing what you have?