House Proceeding 03-25-09 on Mar 25th, 2009 :: 0:15:25 to 0:20:00
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Speech By: Jason Altmire

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Jason Altmire: national riffle association. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. altmire: i thank the gentleman and i rise today in support of the public landed bill which includes my amendment to -- lands bill which includes my amendment to protect our nation's sportsmen. the language that i worked to include in today's bill is a hard-fought victory for sportsmen and the preservation of their access to public lands.

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Jason Altmire: within the three main sections of this bill those related to the national landscape conservation system, rivers and trails and heritage areas, protections are included to ensure sportsmen are able to hunt, fish and trap on millions of acres of public lands. these protections and my amendment are strongly supported by the national rfle association. and as an unwavering supporter of this second amendment -- un

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Jason Altmire: wavering supporter of this second amendment -- unwavering supporter of this second amendment. however, that decision does not in any way relate to my amendment and it certainly doesn't create a loophole. i agree that the right to carry issue is vitally important but it's a separate issue based on

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Jason Altmire: a court ruling that took place after this bill was finalized. i look forward to working closely with mr. hastings and mr. bishop to address this important issue through a more appropriate legislative vehicle. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. altmire: tod's action by the house protects the rights

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Doc Hastings: of our nation's sportsmen and their ability to hunt, fish and trap on millions acres of public land. the language i worked to include makes it clear that the fundamental rights are colleagues to support this bill. mr. hastings: the n.r.a. does not endorse this bill.

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Speech By: Doc Hastings

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Doc Hastings: the n.r.a. endorses the gentleman's amendment that he you are aed two weeks ago but they do not endorse this bill and i ask unanimous consent to insert their statement into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hastings: with that, mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield five minutes to the gentleman from california, a new member, a new member of the resources committee.

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Doc Hastings: the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for five minutes. >> i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, abraham lincoln once told of a farmer who said, i ain't greedy for land, all i want's what's next to mine.

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Tom McClintock: i think the federal government is starting to resemble that farmer. h.r. 146 is a massive land grab that would literally put more land in the united states into wilderness designation than we currently have actually developed from coast-to-coast. that pretty much means no human activities other than walking through it, as long as you don't touch anything. so i have to ask the question,

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Speech By: Tom McClintock

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Tom McClintock: when is enough the federal government alrdy owns nearly 650 million acres of land. that's 30% of the entire land area of the united states. it owns 45% of my home state of california. now compare district of columbia. washington, d.c., the federal

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Tom McClintock: capitol, the home to every agency in our vast federal bureaucracy. the federal government owns only 25% othe district of columbia. the bill's estimated to cost about $10 billion, not only pay for this land grab but for all of the other bells and whistles that are attached to it. that includes congressional

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Tom McClintock: earmarks like $3.5 million to celebrate the birthday of saint augustine, florida, and a quarter million dollars to decide, to decide what we're going to do with alexander hamilton's boyhood home in the virgin islands. now, $1 billion of the $10 billion of this bill is for

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Tom McClintock: salmon population restoration on the san joaquin river in california, with the stated objective of establishing a population of at least 500 salmon. 500 salmon, $1 billion. mr. speaker, that comes to $2 million per fish. and that's without accounting for all of the costs that will

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Tom McClintock: be incurred by central valley farmers as water that's already in critically short supply that's diverted to this project. overall this bill spends $10 biion of people's earnings in real world numbers that means about $130 from an average family of four through their taxes. .

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Tom McClintock: i'm afraid this has desensitized us to figures under let's try to put this $10 billion in perspective. the national park service reports a maintenance backlog of $9 billion on the land we already own. we can't take care of the land we already have, but we'll spend $10 billion on acquiring additional land we can't take care of. this bill withdraws three