Nick Rahall

I would just say that this issue is too important to leave all critical habitat designations as subject to the whims and caprices of the Secretary. I would urge the defeat of the amendment.

earlier during general debate I noted we are not unmindful of the need to address the issues raised by the bill, but in our view, we would do so in a more prudent and responsible manner. And do so without incorporating the poison pill…

Carter G. Woodson's professional accomplishments are impressive. In 1915, while a professor at Howard University here in Washington, DC, Dr. Woodson launched the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, an organization that…

In conclusion, let me wrap up the debate on this amendment by saying that it is a pro-mining amendment. It is a pro-consumer amendment. It is a pro-fairness-for-American-taxpayer amendment. The coal that is mined in the Powder River Basin…

I do not dispute that; that is true. They are filed over already high rates concerning coal coming out of the Powder River Basin. So this anticompetitive provision in this legislation would only further add to the high cost of coal coming…

Rather than exploiting environmentally sensitive areas, we proposed to facilitate the delivery of over 35 trillion cubic feet of gas from developed fields in the North Slope to the lower 48 States, and do so with the benefit of Buy…

As I conclude, let me note that all is not lost just yet. There still will be opportunities to improve the Committee on Resources provisions. The gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Kind) will be offering an amendment to strike the non-ANWR oil…

Mr. Chairman, it is no secret that I oppose much of what is contained in H.R. 6 and especially provisions approved by the Committee on Resources. However, I do want to publicly thank the Committee on Resources chairman, the gentleman from…

None of us can look lightly nor politically upon the decision to send American men and women to war. This is a resolution to grant one man unprecedented, unconstitutional, unprovoked, and unsupported power to start a war. As was the case…

Enactment this year of the pending legislation will stave off any potential reduction in health care coverage for 54,000 retired coal miners and their widows, whose average age is 78 years old. These miners bravely served their country…

I join in the support of this resolution. It is no secret that for many years I have worked to liberate the unspent balance in the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund for its intended purpose. And that is, the restoration of abandoned coal…

H.R. 1606, introduced by my good friend and colleague Representative Jim Clyburn, is an important initiative that builds upon the work started in 1996 with the passage of the historically black colleges and universities' historic…

Mr. Speaker, while I initially had some minor problems with H.R. 4919 when it was considered in committee, our colleague, the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Pastor), came and spoke to me. In no uncertain terms he made it clear he would like…

While the text of this legislation refers to a memorial intended to honor anyone who has ever been the victim of a terrorist attack on the United States, our hearings on this measure focused on the victims of the September 11 hijackings…

My purpose in supporting this legislation, however, is marked by the pressing need to keep our promise to Native Americans in South Dakota who need and deserve a safe and reliable water supply. That is my motive here, pure and simple…

on behalf of West Virginians and Americans as a whole, I want to express our deep appreciation for the flight attendants who provide outstanding service while ensuring public safety for thousands of Americans on a daily basis. In addition…

This provision is nothing more and nothing less than a gag order on thousands of American Indians who are seeking a proper accounting from the Federal Government of royalties that are owed to them. It is a most repressive provision.

I perfectly agree with the statements that have been said. We want to settle this. We want a settlement. Let us allow the current litigation to go forward or get a settlement.

Even if we were to adopt this arbitrary cutoff date of 1985, from 1985 on, we cannot even get a proper accounting. Mr. Tommy Thompson, one of the special trustees before our committee, testified as such when he said that we cannot get a…

I do rise in support of this motion. Certainly, Mr. Speaker, it is time to enact a new national energy policy for the 21st century, but not, not, at the price of dipping into Social Security and Medicare to finance tax breaks for major oil…

I understand the bipartisan fashion in which he speaks. The clean coal language in the bill, while I am not detracting from the use of clean coal technology, I do not cosponsor this particular provision. It happened to come out of the…

Again, I say that there are other approaches and more balanced approaches that we can take that would further the cause of peace and that would further American interests in the region and certainly do this Congress a great deal more…

I support the state of Israel. I do not support the brutal humiliating policies of Ariel Sharon. I support a strong relationship with Israel. That is not the issue here today. I support Israel being our ally. That is not the issue here…

My purpose this morning, however, is not to speak to the more traditional environmental concerns of which I share, but rather to draw attention to the destruction of sites located on Federal lands which are sacred to American Indians…

Mr. Speaker, the mismanagement of the Indian trust funds is truly one of the worse embarrassments of this Nation. Sadly, we have become the United States of broken promises to many of our first Americans. Today, as we consider S. 1857…