House Proceeding on Mar 11th, 2009 :: 0:46:45 to 0:49:10
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Jason Altmire: colleagues to vote no on this disastrous piece of legislation. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlemafrom west virginia. mr. rahall: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes from pennsylvania, mr. altmire. >> would the gentleman yield for one moment? the prior gentleman described greed, dishonesty, and some other thing as the motivation

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Speech By: Jason Altmire

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Jason Altmire: for the bill. would the speaker please remind the gentleman the questioning motivation is not acceptable. the speaker pro tempore: the chair would remind all members to address the house and remain -- refrain from engaging in personal traits or remarks. the gentleman is recognized from

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Jason Altmire: west virginia. mr. rahall: i yield two minutes, mr. speaker, to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. altre, has been very instrumental in crafting additional language. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. altmire: i rise today in support of my amendment to the public lands bill, s. 22. i commend my colleagues in both the house and senate for their efforts to advance the over 150

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Jason Altmire: largely noncontroversial bills that are in included -- are included in the underlying legislation. this preserves our national heritage for generations to come. however as passed by t senate this bill did not do enough to protect the rights of our nation's sportsmen. for this reason i worked to include in this bill language to

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Jason Altmire: rectify that oversight. i'm pleased that the house has added my amendment to the public lands bill we are considering today because unless congress includes the specific protections my amendment adds to this bill, efforts to regulate or limit hunting, fishing, or trapping could potentially move forward in the future. last year i offered an amendment

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Jason Altmire: to protect the rights of sportsmen on nearly 27 million acres of public lands within the national landscape conservation system. it passed the house 416-5 and maintained within title 2 of today's bill. today we simply extend those same protections to two other sections of the bill, rivers and

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Jason Altmire: trails in title 5 and heritage areas in title 8. this ensures that nothing in these sections of the bill shall regulate hunting, fishing, and trapping or limit their access to these public lands. my amendment is straightforward and simple. it's supported by the n.r.a. and with its inclusion i urge my colleagues, especially