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John Abney Culberson: supporters of the second amendment, to vote in favor of this public lands bill today. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield two minutes t the gentleman from texas, mr. cull bervon. -- culberson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes.

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John Abney Culberson: mr. culberson: here again on this house floor a 1,294-page bill has been dropped on to the american people with no committee hearing, not even a rules committee hearing, spendi $10 billion. the arrogance of power of speaker pelosi -- nancy pelosi's beginning to remind me of marie antoinette. with her attitude towards the

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John Abney Culberson: mr. rahall: i ask the gentleman's words be taken down. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the clerk will report the words. the gentleman from texas will

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John Abney Culberson: asked to take his seat. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. culberson: i ask unanimous consent to withdraw the remarks. withdraw my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. culberson: mr. speaker, it is important, however, that this house of representatives represent the people. and do so in a way that does not demonstrate contempt for the opinion of the people.

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John Abney Culberson: all the promises made by this leadership to the people. and look at the bill that they are passing. this piece of legislation will make a criminal out of every tourist traveling the western university who makes the mistake of picking up a rock and throwing it in their trunk, grandma and grandpa are going to be thrown in jail if they -- read from the bill, if you don't believe me.

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John Abney Culberson: turn to page 531, all vehicles and equipment shall be subject to civil forfeiture. ladies and gentlemen of the congress, if you vote for this bill, you're voting to subject your constituents to be thrown in jail, grandma and grandpa with the grandkids traveling in the western states if they pick up a rock and throw it in the car, five years in jail,

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Jim Costa: it's been made very clear both in the legislation and already in this debate thus far. i yield for unanimous consent to the distinguished gentleman of our energy and mineral subcommittee, mr. costa from california. the sp gentleman is recognized. mr. costa: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend.

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Grace F. Napolitano: on this legislation s. 22. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered mr. the distinguished gentlelady from california, our superb chairman, subcommittee chair of our water resources subcommittee, ms. grace napolitano, for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. mrs. napolitano: allow me to speak in support of senate bill

0:54:13 to 0:54:34( Edit History Discussion )

Grace F. Napolitano: 22, omnibus public lands management act of 2009 within which are 30 separate authorizations for the bureau of reclamation and united states geological the bills include and highlight the changing western water environment. the bill authorizes conservation, water use efficiencies, and water recycling projects.

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Grace F. Napolitano: water recharge authorizations are included in this bill. when completed these projects will produce 500,000 acre of feet of reclaimed, reused water in added storage capacity. there are many areas of drought in the western states, including in my home state of california,

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Grace F. Napolitano: mexico and set a funding mechanism for many others across the west t will resolve many years of litigation and bring "peace in the valley" for tribal and nontribal communities.

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Paul Braun, Jr.: consent. for this would be in effect to leave them no property at all. our nation is facing an economic crisis. yet democrats are forng this chamber to rush through the omnibus or should i say ominous lands bill. today they will increase

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Paul Braun, Jr.: if s. 22 were to pass, there will be more wilderness acres in the united states than the total amount of developed land. it is a huge attack on people's rights and especially property rights. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. hastings: i yield 15 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for an additional 15 seconds. mr. broun: it is not the role of

0:57:42 to 0:58:02( Edit History Discussion )

Mike Thompson: i urge my on s. 22. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from west virginia. mr. rahall: i yield one minute to the gentleman from california, mr the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: i thank the gentleman for all the good work he did on this bill and ask we internear a colloquy on this bill. mr. chairman, as you know the

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Mike Thompson: trinitriver is the largest trib by tear to the klamath river and key to helping restore salmon and steelhead stocks along the entire pacific coast. the federal government has a responsibility to the hoopa valley indian tribe and the sport and commercial fishers to restore the fisheries of this great and important river. i respectfully request the chairman's cooperation in

0:58:37 to 0:58:55( Edit History Discussion )

Nick J. Rahall: costs associate implementation of the san joaquin settlement within this bill. mr. rahall: i'm mindful of and remain implementing the restotion record decision, restoring the fishery restoreses of the trinity river is important for the tribe. commercial, and recreational

0:58:56 to 0:59:16( Edit History Discussion )

Rob Bishop: fishing valleys along the coast of california and oregon. i agree to work with the gentleman from california in this regard. mr. thompson: i thank you very much. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields bacthe balance of his time. the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield fufe minutes to a very valuable member of the natural resources gentleman from utah, mr. bishop. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from utah is

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Rob Bishop: recognized for five minutes. mr. bishop: thank you, mr. speaker. when i was teaching government, i taught my kids thaa suspension was one of those noncontroversial bills for which it could be brought to the floor with a limited amount of debate and no opportunity for amendments. we have today a suspension that is over 1 over half of which have never been discussed in either the

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Rob Bishop: doesn't matter that this bill has been criticized by the american motorcycle association for taking millions of acres of land out of the use for millions of people who want to use recreation. . or have been criticized by the u.s. chamber of commerce. even espn criticized this bill.

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Rob Bishop: the national dinosaur museum in utah. this is a brillianplace to go. a kid can see within the mountainside, the foss else there -- the fossels in there. nobody has been able to access this building for 10 years because we don't have the money

1:01:26 to 1:01:46( Edit History Discussion )

Rob Bishop: not requested by the national park service or not re by the national park service. we are putting billions of dollars in here while parks like this go vacant. and it's ok. this is still a supplement. we'll spend $110 million on heritage areas. 11 lucky heritage areas will

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Rob Bishop: falls river in massachusetts will have the lower taunten declared a wild and scenic river. the wild and scenic river act was there to protect areas from development. by laws and statute you can't have anything but a neatful builder within a mile of a wild and scenic river.

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Rob Bishop: sort or thi this is for economic development. regardless if you take any of those stands, the purpose of that is not a wild and scenic river. these are not needful buildings within a half mile of the bank. while you look at that issue, it violates the spirit and the let ert of the wild and scenic river act and it violates more

1:03:34 to 1:03:55( Edit History Discussion )

Rob Bishop: security even on bicycles to try and patrol federal lands. those are problems within this structure and we're told it's still a suspension. we have about 12 members i counted on the floor engaging in this debate. soon there will be 400 more coming through these doors withouhaving heard the discussion, without having heard the debate and thinking

1:04:16 to 1:04:37( Edit History Discussion )

Nick J. Rahall: this is a product of the senate and the senate should be ashamed to try and compile 177 different bills into one omnibus package. and we should be ashamed of actually debating it as a suspension. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from west virginia. mr. rahall: mr. speaker, i'd like the omnibus lands packages of the past by republican

1:04:38 to 1:04:45( Edit History Discussion )

Nick J. Rahall: congress that are jammed down our throats at the last minute, this bill has been here well over a year in our committee. and to have the bill described as being jammed down our

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George Miller: southwest that we get into recycling and reuses that will allow communities to take control of their water resources, to be more efficient in the use of them and allows us to develop. just in this legislation alone, if there's money in the stimulus for this, there is money in the appropriations bill for this. we're seeing a savings of about half a million to a million

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George Miller: say this saves the water in new jersey. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: how much time is

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Cynthia Lummis: in the united states congress. i speak of of course of the late senator craig thomas who is also a member of this body. a tireless advocate and protector of those values that continue to shape wyoming and its people. wyoming is a state blessed with from spectacular mountain

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Cynthia Lummis: additional $10 billion burden on the taxpayers in wyoming and across the nation. these are not dollars being spent to ease economic woes or create jobs. these are dollars being spent in largeart to restrict access to our public lands, to limit responsible energy production in the west and to

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Cynthia Lummis: into this measure were never considered by the full house. let alone by those of us who are freshmen. absolutely no amendments are allowed to be offered today. as such, i am afforded no opportunity to work with the people of my state to address the specific local concerns regarding the wyoming portion of this package.