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NOT RESTORED BY THE
REPUBLICANS.
I YIELD TO THE GENTLEMAN, MR.
THOMPSON.
MR. THOMPSON: I THANK THE
GENTLEMAN FOR YIELDING AND ALSO
BRINGING THIS ISSUE TO THE
ATTENTION OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE AND BY THE WAY, FOR THE
GREAT WORK YOU DO AS OUR
RANKING MEMBER ON THE NATURAL
RESOURCES COMMITTEE.
I THINK MR. DEFAZIO MADE A
GREAT EXPLANATION, A VERY
INSTRUCTIVE EXPLANATION ABOUT
THIS WHACK-A-MOLE GAME WE'RE
PLAYING.
THE VETS MEMORIAL IS CLOSED SO
WE DO A BILL TO OPEN THAT UP.
A BILL WE KNOW ISN'T GOING
ANYWHERE.
THERE'S AN ISSUE COMES ABT
BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF CANCER
TREATMENT THAT SOME OF OUR
CONSTITUENTS NEED AND MUST
HAVE, WE CO-DO A QUICK BILL A
WHACK-A-MOLE A QUICK BAND-AID.
THE CAPITOL POLICE DEMONSTRATE
THAT THEY PUT THEIR LIFE ON THE
LEAN EVERY DAY AND ITECAME
VERY, VERY APPARENT THIS WEEK
WHEN WE HAD THE VERY
UNFORTUNATE SITUATION OTHER IN
THE SENATE.
SO WHAT DO WE ?
WE COME OUT NOW AND SAY WE'RE
GOING TO PASS A BILL TO PAY FOR
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AFTER THIS
FABRICATED GOVERNMENT CLOSEDOWN
ISDONE.
THOSE ARE ALL VERY, VERY
SERIOUS ISSUES.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER
SERIOUS ISSUES IN FRONT OF US.
AND THAT MAY PALE -- WHAT MAY
PALE IN COMPARISON IS THE ISSUE
OF THE WILDLIFE REFUGES AND
PEOPLE MAY SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S JUST A SPORT, IT'S
RECREATION, BUT TO SOME, THAT'S
VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
AND JUST A WEEK AGO,
IRICALLY, OUR NATION
CELEBRATED THE NATIONAL HUNTING
AND FISHING DAY.
BUT TODAY, SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN
WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE OUT
ENJOYING THE OPENING DAY OF
DUCK SEASON IN MANY PARTS OF MY
HOME STATE OF CALIFORNIA, BUT
THEY'RE NOT.
BECAUSE OF THIS RECKLESS,
MANUFACTURED GOVERNMENT
SHUTDOWN THAT HAS SHUT DOWN
HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE NATIONAL
WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM.
THIS SHUTDOWN IS HAVING A
DEVASTATING IMPACT ON LOCAL
ECONOMIES THAT DEPEND UPON
HUNTERS AND ANGLERS THROUGHOUT
OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY.
THERE ARE 240 CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICTS THAT ARE HOME TO
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES.
THAT'S ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
THIS IS AN ISSUE TODAY AND WILL
BE UNTIL WE DO AWAY WITH THIS
SHUTDOWN AND OPEN THE
GOVERNMENT BACK UP.
EVERY STATE.
EVERY STATE HAS AT LEAST ONE
FUGE WHICH ALLOWS HUNTING.
SO TODAY, HUNTERS ARE SUPPOSED
TO BE LINED UP AT PLACES LIKE
HE TULY LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE
REFUGE, AND THE KERN NATIONAL
WILDLIFE REFUGE IN MY STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE SHUTDOWN,
ALL HAVE BEEN CANCELED.
SOME DUCK HUNTERS WILL BE ABLE
TO PURSUE THEIR OPENING DAY ON
NON-REFUGE LAND BUT WITHOUT
HUNTING PRESSURE ON THE
REFUGES, THEIR HUNTING WILL BE
SHUT DOWN, CLOSED OR AT LEAST
TRUNCATED TO SOME EXTENT.
IN ADDITION -- AND THIS IS A
VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE TT I
THINK EVERYONE NEEDS TO PAY
ATTENTION TO.
MOST OF THE ACCESS FOR
CALIFORNIA'S DISABLED WATE
FOUL HUNTERS IS -- WATERFOWL
HUNTERS IS FOUND ON OUR STATE'S
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
SYSTEM.
WITH THE RUGE CLOSED,
DISABLED HUNTERS, INCLUDING
MANY, MANY WOUNDED WARRIORS
WILL SIMPLY HAVE NO OPTION FOR
WATERFOWLING.
AND IN TWO WEEKSING ALL THE
WATERFOWL HUNTING AREAS WILL BE
OPEN.
SO IF WE DON'T END IN -- SEND
THIS SHUTDOWN, MILLIONS OF
SPERTS MEN AND WOMEN WILL BE
SHUT OUT FROM THEIR REFUS.
IT'S NOT JUST HUNTERS AND
ANGLERS AFCTED BY THE CLOSURE
OF WILDLIFE REFUGES.
HUNTING IN KALE IS BIG
BUSINESS.
IN 2012 ALONE, HUNTERS AND
ANGLERS GENERATED MORE THAN $1
BILLION IN RETAIL SALES AND
THEY CREATED AND SUSTAINED AT
LEAST 20,000 JOBS IN CALIFORNIA
ALONE.
I'VE HEARD FROM FOLKS WHO OWN
BUSINESSES AROUND THESE
REFUGES, RESTAURANTS, GAS
STATIONS, A FAMILY OWNED HOTEL
AND MOTEL THAT RELY ON THE
BUSINESS GENERATED BY HUNTERS.
SOME LOCAL LODGES AN MOTELS
HAVE SEEN EVERY ONE OF THEIR
RESERVATIONS FOR THIS WEEKEND
AND THE FOLLOWING WEEK TO BE
CANCELED.
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE FULLY
BOOKED.
NEXT WEEK IS SUPPOSED TO BE
THEIR BUSIEST WEEK OF THE YEAR
AND NOW BECAUSE OF THIS
FABRICATED SHUTDOWN, THEY'
HAVE EMPTY BEDS.
CURB'S OUTLET A SPORTS
FWOODS STORE, HE SAID HE
EXPECTED TO HAVE A BIG SEASON
FOR SALES.
INSTEAD HE ANTICIPATE --
ANTICIPATES LOSING $6,000 A DAY
EVERY DAY THEREFUGES ARE CLOSE
AND MAY HAVE TO TAKE OUT LOAN
TO KEEP HIS SMALL BUSINESS
OPEN.
HUNTING FWOIDS IN THE REGION
ARE LOSING $800 TO1,000 A DAY
EVERY DAY THE REFUGE STAYS
CLED.
AND JUST OVER THE BORDER, THE
WILD GOOSE HOTEL COULD HAVE
BOOKED UP ALL THEIR HOTEL ROOMS
SEVERAL TIMES OVER BECAUSE THE
DEMAND IS SO HIGH FOR THIS
WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK BUT
ACCORDING TO FRAN LYN, THEIR
MANAGER, OUT OF THEIR 13 ROOMS
AND TWO CABINS, THEY HAVE ONE
ROOM THAT WILL BE OCCUPIED.
THESE BUSINESSES THAT RELY ON
THE NEXT FEW WEEKS OF HUNTING
SEASON TO KEEP THEM IN BUSINESS
FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR ARE
A HURT.
AND THEY CAN'T MAKE UP FOR THE
LOSS.
THIS FIRST WEEK IS THEIR BIG
WEEK EACH YEAR AND IT WILL BE
LOST.
LOST FOREVER.
CALIFORNIA HUNTERS WANT AND
NEED ACCESS TO OUR NATIONAL
REFUGES.
IT'S TIME FOR THE HOUSE
MAJORITY TO PUT THE INTERESTS
OF OUR NATION AHEAD OF THE
INTERESTS OF THE TEA PARTY.
AND END THIS NEEDLESS AND
RECKLESS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
WHICH IS HAVING AN IMPACT ON
MILLIONS OF SPORTS MEN AND
WON AROUND OUR COUNTRY ALONG
WITH FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE
BEING FURLOUGHEDING FOLKS
WAITING ON VETERANS' BENEFITS,
THE FOLKS WAITING FOR CANCER
RESEARCH AND TREATMENT, AND THE
CLOSURE OF OUR NATIONAL PARKS.
TH MANUFACTURED SHUTDOWN IS
COSTING US $12 MILLION AN HOUR.
PLEASE BRING BACK THE CLEAN
C.R. TO THE FLOOR FOR A VOTE SO
WE CAN OPEN OUR GOVERNMENT.
ALL IT TAKES IS ONE VOTE, PUT
IT ON THE FLOOR AND DEMOCRATS
AND REPUBLANS WILL PROVIDE A