Alan Simpson

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Yes, today's ESA is so highly contentious, political, and litigious that it has become a failure of public policy. Funding authorization for ESA programs expired nearly two decades ago, but because we…

I thank the gentleman. It is important that authorizing committees like yours be able to modernize landmark laws like the ESA--laws that were widely supported when they were passed but no longer work as Congress originally intended. No…

I yield 2 minutes to the esteemed former chairman of the full committee, the member emeritus of several subcommittees, the gentleman from California (Mr. Lewis).

In closing, I thank the Members for the debate that has gone on with regard to this bill. I notice that Members on the other side of the aisle continually refer to some of the policy provisions that are in this bill as policy rider/special…

I agree with the gentleman from Missouri, and I want to be clear. I hope the Secretary of the Interior and the Fish and Wildlife Service hear us clearly when we say that it is the sense of the committee that under these acts the Secretary…

The manager's amendment before us makes several technical and conforming changes to the bill. These are all noncontroversial changes, and they have been shared with the minority. I believe the minority is supportive of the amendment, and I…

I thank the gentleman from Missouri for yielding. I am aware of this issue. This is one of those times when a law whose intent is to protect may be unintentionally causing harm.

I thank the gentleman for his question. The gentleman from New York has spoken to me about these concerns, and I am aware that this is a serious issue that will have an immediate impact on the State of New York and other Great Lakes…

I yield to the gentleman from Ohio. Mr. LaTOURETTE. I want to commend the gentleman from New York (Mr. Serrano) for the reasoned and balanced approach he has taken to this. Rather than filing a knee-jerk reaction either in committee or now…

I offer a manager's amendment, and I ask unanimous consent that it be in order to consider the amendment en bloc and at this point in the reading. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Idaho? There was…

I appreciate the gentlewoman's concern for the budget deficit and reducing the budget deficit, but I rise in opposition to this amendment. This amendment would limit the BLM from spending $4.5 million of offsetting collections for the…

I thank the chairman for yielding, and let me thank you for all the hard work that you've done on this appropriation bill in bringing it to the floor. I know it's been a tough task. Mr. Speaker, the budget for fiscal year 2011 is now 6…

The American people just almost barfed when they heard that people could put in money in this last campaign and not tell anybody who they were.

I have always believed--and I tried it in the Wyoming Legislature--in total disclosure.

I felt used when I had to go raise money. I was embarrassed. I thought it was ugly. I thought it was demeaning.

The American people think we are on the take. They think that these guys out here are on the take.

He has got more guts than a government mule.

The singular thing is the absolute total transparency, who are you, what are you into.

We were elected to legislate. You cannot legislate when you are raising money day and night.

There is a way to avoid the consequences of a government shutdown that the government from Virginia (Mr. Moran) spoke about just a few minutes ago, and that is to pass this CR, put it on the President's desk so that he will sign it. And I…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding. I rise today in support of H.R. 872, the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011. This bill is a much-needed legislative fix that clarifies how pesticide application should be regulated. Congress never…

Chris Topik came to the Interior Subcommittee on Appropriations as a detailee from the Forest Service in the mid-1990s and, since that time, has worked on a nonpartisan basis to address many of the most critical issues facing our land…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I can tell the gentleman that just spoke, the minority whip, a good friend of mine, what we can pass in this House and what our conference will agree to, and that is the $61 million in cuts…

We are Americans first, not Republicans or Democrats, and if we cannot get out of that rut, we will never get out of the rut.

Madam Speaker, if this wasn't such a serious subject that we're discussing here, the Federal budget and how we're going to fund it for the next 2 weeks, it would almost be funny. Almost every Member of the Democratic Party that has stood…