Enactment of H.R. 3726 would provide the opportunity to preserve and protect this outstanding Caribbean cultural landscape and interpret the cotton era and related agricultural themes that have been instrumental in the development of St. Croix in the Virgin Islands. It would also help protect five pre-Columbian archeological sites, two of which are among the oldest sites on St. Croix.
Rahall addresses the importance of H.R. 3726 for preserving cultural and historical resources in St. Croix.
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I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Napolitano) and thank her for her help on the conference committee as well. (Ms. NAPOLITANO asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)
It is my honor to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer), a former member of our powerful House Transportation Committee, who decided to go to the esteemed Ways and Means Committee.
We need a partnership, a co-partnership here, if you will, with GSA and OMB to work through this issue.
How much time do I have remaining, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from West Virginia has 1 minute remaining.
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