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numerous agencies that have looked at the science of polar bear management in Canada and other places feel that the limited permits that are issued for this hunting purpose is conducive to conservation efforts and habitat protection up in…
Again, I appreciate this gentleman's leadership and the committee's work in regards to refocusing our attention on a great need in our Nation. I wanted to also mention to my colleagues that I, along with the other cochairs of the Wildlife…
We're less than 4 percent of the world population, and we can no sooner turn ourselves into a fortress of solitude and hope to maintain economic progress and opportunity in our own country. But the Democrats in Congress haven't been…
I also want to commend Jim McCrery, who is ranking member of the Ways and Means Committee, and the Republican colleagues on Ways and Means who are also embracing this template to go forward on trade agreements. But as Chairman Rangel…
I would submit that in a short while we will be engaged in a immigration reform debate in this Congress. But as long as we have a huge economic disparity right across our border and throughout the Western Hemisphere, really we will be…
There are a lot of positive features to trade, but the congressional district I represent, western Wisconsin, is still heavily manufacturing, a lot of agriculture, and there's been a lot of displacement and a lot of jobs lost. And I don't…
We had a very important caucus meeting earlier today, the Democratic Caucus, talking about the provisions of this trade agreement. What I heard in that caucus, and I am not going to speak on behalf of those who spoke, but there was a lot…
over the last 6 years, under one party control we had the largest and fastest accumulation of national debt in our Nation's history. The national debt skyrocketed to $8.8 trillion. Today we have a budget that changes the failed policies of…
I rise today to provide my strong support for H.R. 800, the Employee Free Choice Act of 2007. Representing Wisconsin's workers in Congress is a privilege I am honored to have. That is why I am an original co-sponsor of H.R. 800, because…
I was at the same meeting and I heard the same message from the ambassadors in the region. No one here is advocating an immediate withdrawal, just a different direction and a different strategy rather than what has failed in the past.
I am proud as a 10-year member of the House Education and Labor Committee to stand here in support of H.R. 5. The fact of the matter is, if we implement this law, if we get the President to support this cut in interest rate burden in half…
Mr. Speaker, let us be clear on what we are trying to do here today. We are trying to help you. We are trying to help find some cost savings on what was the largest expansion of entitlement spending in the last 40 years that was passed…
I commend the leadership the gentleman from Texas has shown on this important initiative, and we continue to mourn the loss of the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia. It is our hope this evening that the study we authorize today will help…
I commend his leadership and involvement in the passage of this legislation. I would encourage its adoption this evening. The gentleman from Utah is to be commended for his advocacy of a land exchange that, as amended, is a win-win for all…
I want to again commend my good friend from New York (Mr. Israel) for his leadership that he has shown on this piece of legislation. It has been many years that they have been working on this. But I also want to take a moment to commend my…
as a nation founded and built by immigrants, the United States has a proud history of reaching out to foreigners and offering refuge and opportunity to those who seek it. We must, however, find better ways of ensuring that people who wish…
as a member of the House Resources Subcommittee of National Parks, I have had the privilege to visit many of our Nation's National Parks. From my own personal experiences, I have come to love the beauty of these parks and am grateful for…
I rise in appreciation that House Leadership has at last brought a health information technology bill to the Floor. As a cochair of the New Democrat Coalition, I have been a long-time supporter of health IT. I believe health IT, if done…
I unfortunately rise in opposition to this rule because I believe it is a missed opportunity for this Congress to substantively have a say in the most important issue facing our country today and that is the course of the war in Iraq, but…
we will hear a lot of discussion today about how drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for our oil needs is nothing but an illusion, a fraud being perpetrated on the American people, because it is not going to be an answer either…
reclaiming my time, the organic industry has never come before the Congress asking for a heck of a lot. That has been the history of them. God bless them for doing so. This is one small program in the overall agriculture appropriations…
I am still trying to decipher that colloquy. And it sure looked, smelled and felt like sleight of hand, so chances are it probably was. But, Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight in support of the Democratic substitute, mainly for two reasons…
as described by my good friend from California, this noncontroversial legislation would authorize the expansion of the existing James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge, located on the north shore of the Island of Oahu in the State of…
H.R. 586 has a checkered history. While there has been no action by the Resources Committee on the legislation in this Congress, questions and concerns were raised about identical legislation in the last session of Congress. In fact, the…
simply put, H.R. 2978 brings much-needed clean drinking water to over 31,000 residents of northeastern Montana. It does so by bringing together the plans of these tribes and the Dry Prairie Rural Water Association to convey water from an…
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