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 urge adoption of S. 404, 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 bill, S. 404…

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.

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…

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

I urge adoption of the bill, 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 bill, S…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, S. 997, the East Bench Irrigation District Water Contract Extension Act, extends the water contract between the United States and the East Bench Irrigation District in southwestern…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4027 is a bipartisan bill that would clarify the boundaries of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation as passed by the Hill Creek Extension of 1948. The bill would authorize…

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

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

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

The original purpose of the ESA was to help recover endangered species and remove them from the list, not force taxpayers to reward an army of environmental lawyers to exploit vague definitions and deadlines that realistically cannot be…

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).

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

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

I advise my friend from Arizona that I have no more requests for time on this excellent piece of legislation.

I am very pleased to yield as much time as he may consume to the author of the legislation that the last Congress passed, the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young).

I advise my friend from Arizona that I have no further requests for time.

I am very pleased to yield such time as he may consume to another Member from Oklahoma, the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford).

I want to thank the sponsor of this amendment, Mr. Shimkus, for bringing this amendment forward. And I want to thank the distinguished ranking member from my home State of Washington and the chairman of the subcommittee for their support…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, S. 363, introduced by Senator Wicker from Mississippi, would authorize the Secretary of Commerce to convey less than 1 acre of property owned by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…

I am very pleased to yield such time as he may consume to the author of this legislation, the gentleman from California (Mr. Gallegly).

I urge the passage of 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 pass the…

Reclaiming my time, that is precisely the point. Both you and Mr. Shimkus made that point very well that needs to be repeated over and over: This is statutory law. And 32 different times it has been attempted to be modified on the House…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2060, sponsored by our colleague from Oregon (Mr. Walden), is an important step towards restoring water and power abundance and jobs to a rural area that has been devastated by…