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Doc Hastings is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Washington's 4th congressional district from 1995 to 2015. During his tenure, he served on several key committees, including the House Committee on Natural Resources, where he focused on issues related to energy and natural resource management. Hastings was known for his advocacy of agricultural interests and water resource management, reflecting the priorities of his largely rural district. He played a significant role in various legislative efforts, including those aimed at promoting economic development in Eastern Washington.
Reclaiming my time, a couple of weeks ago Secretary Salazar acknowledged, ``There are changes and improvements that can be made to how we deal with endangered species'' and that ``we need to have an endangered species program that does, in…
Reclaiming my time, I thank the gentleman for that clarification. As we both know, the problem goes far beyond wolves. The ESA has nearly 1,400 listed species in the U.S. and hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by local, State…
I thank the gentleman very much. With that concurrence on the other side, I yield back the balance of my time and urge adoption of the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Washington…
For the last time, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…
In reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman, I will simply say that this may be a good idea; but for goodness sakes, what is the benefit to a $6 billion program that only 6 days ago was announced is moving under another structure? There may be a…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 62, after line 2, insert the following: Sec. 609. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the…
I appreciate the chairman's concurrence on this. If that is the same on both sides, I will be more than happy to yield back. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by…
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following: Sec. ___. None of the funds made available in this Act…
The law is clear. It only says ``navigable.'' Now, that is where the danger comes.
The issue for me is not the Clean Water Act. The issue was the attempt to amend the Clean Water Act to take out ``navigable,'' and that is what is being done potentially by the guidance with this drafting.
I appreciate my friend from Washington yielding. This amendment is about a bureaucratic guidance on an issue, on an issue that this Congress attempted to take up last time that simply, among other things, said that the jurisdiction of the…
At a time of record debt, massive bailouts and trillion-dollar deficits, our country cannot afford to waste billions of dollars going back to the drawing board on a national repository.
With more defense waste slated to go to Yucca Mountain than any other State in the union, the stakes for my State of Washington cannot be higher.
Delaying or abandoning Yucca Mountain means that Hanford will be home to high-level defense waste even longer.
The decision to dismantle the Yucca Mountain project was political and not based on sound science.
What is truly not workable is the uncertainty that faces our commercial nuclear power industry.
For more than 16 months, the Obama Administration acting through the Department of Energy has acted outside the scope of the law.
First and foremost, there should be no disputing that Yucca Mountain is a national repository for high-level defense waste and commercial spent nuclear fuel.
I advise my friend I am the concluding speaker, so I will reserve the balance of my time.
I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Landry).
At this time I am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake).
I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to another valuable member of the Natural Resources Committee, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Wittman).
I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Benishek), a valuable member of the House Natural Resources Committee.
I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Duncan), a member of the Natural Resources Committee.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Pearce).
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