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I appreciate what the sponsors of this legislation are attempting to do. It is something that the Committee on Agriculture has looked at and has debated and looked at the pros and cons and how we might be able to implement something like…
Mr. Chairman, I can assure the gentleman from Michigan that the average size farm in Idaho is larger than 500 acres, substantially larger than 500 acres. The Smith amendment seeks to include marketing certificates under established payment…
Yesterday, our nation witnessed one of the most despicable acts imaginable to mankind. The senseless devastation unleashed through these cowardly acts left every American with a sense of lost innocence and increased fears. Today, however…
I would like to know where he got the average of $44 per farmer, because we cannot find anywhere where that information comes from. In fact, it comes to about $800 per farmer from our information. And the information that he suggests that…
we work in a funny place. It helps if one knows the facts; it really helps if one understands the facts. But if one neither knows nor understands the facts, it causes a great deal of confusion. Mr. Chairman, let me talk about the ``Dear…
Mr. Chairman, I have heard several times on the floor that this does not stop funding for research, all it does is stop funding for final approval by the FDA of that research. We might as well stop funding for research, because who is…
if rhetoric were fast food, Members would have to walk through golden arches to enter this floor, because I have never heard so much rhetoric as I have just heard from the gentleman from Massachusetts who just spoke. He talks about the…
I think all of us are environmentalists. In fact as he once said that in college he gave his money and dues to the Sierra Club, I believe it was, I gave money to the Idaho Conservation League because I believed in what they were doing and…
The average award per case was more than $70,000. One long-running lawsuit in Texas that involved an endangered salamander netted lawyers for the Sierra Club and other plaintiffs more than $3.5 in taxpayers' funds, as the chairman has…
Mr. Speaker, on November 9, 2000, former President Bill Clinton issued Presidential Proclamation 7373 to expand the boundaries of the Craters of the Moon National Monument. Prior to Clinton's proclamation, the monument, which was…
Senate 1705 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the Castle Rock Ranch in the State of Idaho. On completion of the acquisition, the Secretary will convey the Castle Rock Ranch to the State of Idaho in exchange for…
One of the reasons that the State of Idaho must be the middleman in this is because Public Law 100-696, title III, specifically limits the National Park Service acquisition of this State property to only by donation or exchange…
tragic events often imprint on our minds vivid memories. Most Americans remember exactly where they were when President John F. Kennedy was killed or when the Challenger spaceship exploded. I believe Americans will remember where they were…
House Resolution 3986 authorizes the study of the feasibility of exchanging water diverted from the Yakima River for use by two irrigation districts for water from the Columbia River. The study would be conducted as part of the Yakima…
Again I would point out, the gentleman raises an issue which ought to always be of concern from the minority side of the aisle, whoever is in the minority. But again I would point out that bills under consideration by this Congress, 23.4…
Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3986 authorizes a study of the feasibility of exchanging water diverted from the Yakima River for use by two irrigation districts for water from the Columbia River. The study would be conducted as part of the Yakima River…
Mr. Chairman, this may be the most ill-conceived amendment that we have considered during debate on this bill. Some have called this nothing more than corporate welfare. Well, I will tell my colleagues that in Idaho, Wyoming and Montana…
Mr. Chairman, the Simpson-Walden amendment to H.R. 701 is a common sense amendment that addresses one of the major concerns that the constituents in my State have, that of giving the Federal Government $450 million annually to purchase…
I rise to speak briefly on S. 1711, the Veterans Benefits Improvements Act of 1996. This bill is one of three major veterans' bills being considered this week by the Senate; the other two are S. 1791, a bill to provide cost of living…
And a supportive spouse. Anyone in this line of work that does not have a supportive spouse is in for anguish. I have had a most remarkable woman at my side for 42 years. And as she said to me one day in a spirit of the campaign, she said…
let me just relate a bit about the immigration legislation which is now on its way to us in the continuing resolution. After negotiations until about 2 a.m. two nights ago and then until this morning until 4:30 a.m., if I look bright and…
I will speak a bit about the fact that this will be my last opportunity to be on this floor. Indeed, it has been a rich and wonderful experience. There are several corollaries that I could share with those who come after me with regard to…
Having, as I said, done that work also. So I would say that it has been a great run for me to have served with Malcolm Wallop, a wonderful man, who was our defense expert in this body. Dick Cheney, how can you say any more about that man…
the legislation now before this body may be one of the most significant veterans' bills of the last few years. In agreeing to this bill, the Congress will make, under the rubric of health care ``eligibility reform'', changes in the nature…
I think it is tremendous that you have arranged this bit of time to share with the American people so we each get to step forward and tell the theory of the moving of the goalpost. To me it is the moving of the stadium. I think they moved…
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