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AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR, FOR WHAT
PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM
UTAH SEEK RECOGNITION?
I HAVE AN AMENDMENT
AT THE DESK.
THE CLERK WILL
DESIGNATE THE AMENDMENT.
AMENDMENT NUMBER
FOUR PRINTED IN HOUSE REPORT
112-539 OFFERED BY MR. BISHOP
OF UTAH.
3UR SUNT TO HOUSE
RESOLUTION 688, THE GENTLEMAN
FROM UTAH, MR. BISHOP, AND A
MEMBER OPPOSED, EACH WILL
CONTROL FIVE MINUTES.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM UTAH.
THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIRMAN.
THERE ARE FOUR ELEMENTS
INVOLVED IN THE AMENDMENT I AM
PROPOSING.
THE FIRST ONE IS IS TO NARROW
THE LIST OF LAWS THAT CAN BE
WAIVED BY THE BORDER PATROL ON
THESE AREAS TO MAINTAIN
LAND.
OOPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE
PRESENTLY IT LISTS 36 BILLS
THAT COULD BE WAIVED, AND I
WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT
NUMBER WAS NOT IRRATIONAL, IT
WAS NOT PICKED OUT OF THE AIR.
36 BILLS HAVE PRECEDENCE IN
WHAT THIS HOUSE HAS ALREADY
DONE.
IN CALIFORNIA, WHEN THE
GOVERNMENT WAS TRYING TO FINISH
THE FENCE IN CALIFORNIA, THERE
WERE LITIGATION AND LAWS
THEM FROM DOING IT
SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
PROPOSED THE 36 LAWS THAT THEY
THOUGHT DID OR WOULD IMPEDE
THEIR RULES AND CONGRESS AGREED
WITH THEM.
WE ALLOWED THEM TO WAIVE THE 36
LAWS.
THESE ARE THE SAME 36 LAWS.
I TAKE THAT BACK, THE DEMOCRATS
ADDED ONE MORE TO THE LIST AND
THAT WAS FINE AS WELL.
20 OF THOSE ARE NOT GOING TO BE
A PROBLEM BUT 16 STILL COULD
BE.
10 IT LIMITS FROM 36 TO 16 AS
THOSE THAT CAN BE WAIVED FOR
THE PURPOSE OF ALLOWING BORDER
PATROL AND HOMELAND SECURITY TO
DO THE JOB FOR WHICH THEY ARE
PAID TO DO.
SECOND THING, IT SPECIFICALLY
PROHIBITS ANY ADDITIONAL ACCESS
TO PRIVATE PROPERTY.
IT ELIMINATES THE PROBALT OF
BORDER PATROL REDUCING PUBLIC
ACCESS TO ANY FEDERAL LANDS AND
THAT INCLUDES FOR PURPOSES OF
HUNTING OR FISHING OR OFFROAD
VEHICLES.
IT ADDS A PROVISION TO ENSURE
THAT WE ARE TO PROTECT TRIBAL
SOVEREIGNTY THAT NOTHING IN
THIS BILL MAY SUPERSEDE,
REPLACE, THE GATE OR DIMINISH
TREATY OBLIGATIONS OR
AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN TRIBES,
EXISTING PRACTICES AND
NEGOTIATION-COOPERATION BETWEEN
THE BORDER PATROL AND THE
TRIBES WILL CONTINUE.
IT ALSO CLARIFIES WHAT IS THE
PURPOSE OF OPERATION CONTROL.
WHICH IS TO PREEVENT -- TO
PREVENT ALL UNLAWFUL ENTRY INTO
THE UNITED STATES INCLUDING
ENTRY BY TERRORISTS.
FROM BRINGING INSTRUMENTS OF
FRISM THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL
LAND BORDER OF THE UNITED
STATES.
THERE ARE THREE REASONS WHY
THIS AMENDMENT AND INDEED THE
UNDERLYING BILL IS IMPORTANT.
NUMBER ONE, A SOVEREIGN COUNTRY
CONTROLS ITS OWN BORDERS.
WE ARE NOT DOING THAT HERE.
WE NEED TO.
NUMBER TWO, WE WILL NEVER SOLVE
OUR OVERALL IMMIGRATION ISSUE
UNTIL WE CAN GUARANTEE THAT WE
CAN IN SOME WAY LOWER THE ANGER
AND THE RAGE AND THE ANXIETY
THAT'S OUT THERE.
IF INDEED WE CAN LOOK AT OUR
FELLOW CITIZENS AND WITH A
STRAIGHT FACE SAY, WE HAVE
CONTROL OF THE BORDER, ALL OF A
SUDDEN THE ABILITY OF SOLVING
OTHER PROBLEMS, SOME OF WHICH
ARE EASY AND SOME ARE COMPLEX,
THE ABILITY TO DO THAT
INCREASES.
AND THIRD, AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY, VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN.
THE WOMEN WHO ARE *** ALONG
THESE TRAILS, WHOSE GARMENTS
ARE LEFT ON THESE TREES AS A
TROPHY TO THE COYOTE WHO ***
THESE WOMEN, THESE WOMEN WHO
HAVE NO OTHER SOURCE TO GO,
THEY HAVE NO ONE TO COMPLAIN TO
AND NO ONE TO ASK FOR PR TEXT,
THIS MUST STOP.
THE BORDER PATROL CAN STOP THIS
PRACTICE.
RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS
SIMPLY PUTTING UP SIGNS SAYING,
AREAS ARE OFFLIMITS TO AMERICAN
BUS THAT DOES NOT STOP THIS
PRACTICE.
UNLESS WE CAN GIVE THE BORDER
PATROL ACCESS TO THIS TERRITORY
SO THEY CAN STOP THIS PRACTICE,
IT.
WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT
WE ARE NOT SOLVING THIS
PARTICULAR ISSUE.
ONE MORE TIME, WE HAVE TALKED
ABOUT THE DRONE ZONE IN HERE,
WHICH IS ONCE AGAIN CUTE AND
INACCURATE.
THIS AMENDMENT HAS NOTHING TO
DO WITH THE DRONE ZONE.
IT DOES NOT AUTHORIZE NOR DOES
IT STOP DRONES.
IT DOESN'T AUTHORIZE BLACK
HELICOPTERS OR STOP THEM OR
RED-HEADED STEPCHILDREN OR
ILLEGAL DRUIDS COMING INTO THE
COUNTRY BUT WHAT IT DOES DO IS
ALLOW OUR PROFESSIONAL BORDER
PATROL TO HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS
OF ACCESS ON FEDERAL LAND THEY
HAVE ON PRIVATE FROM THE AND
STATE LAND AND IT SAYS WE WILL
CONTROL OUR BORDER, WE WILL
SOLVE OUR IMMIGRATION PROBLEM
AND WE WILL STOP THE ***
TREES.
WE WILL STOP THIS HEINOUS
PRACTICE FROM GOING FORWARD AND
WE WILL DO IT POSITIVELY.
THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS
AMENDMENT TO THIS TITLE OF THE
BILL.
I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY
TIME.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
UTAH RESERVES.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS
SEEK RECOGNITION?
I RISE IN
OPPOSITION TO THE AMENDMENT.
THE GENTLEMAN IS
RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
THIS AMENDMENT IS
FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT THE
PROBLEM THE DRONE ZONE BILL
CLAIMS TO BE SOLVING DOES NOT
EXIST AND THE UNDERLYING BILL
IS A DANGEROUS OVERREACH.
WHEN THE LEGISLATION WAS
INTRODUCED WE WERE TOLD IT WAS
NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH THIS
100-MILE DRONE ZONE AROUND THE
ENTIRE UNITED STATES, EAST
ALASKA.
COAST, WEST COAST, HAWAII, AND
THAT VERSION OF THE DRONE ZONE
LOOKED LIKE A GIANT RED BELT
SURROUNDING THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
THEN SUPPORTERS OF THE BILL
DECIDED THAT THEY HAD GONE TOO
FAR.
THE BILL WAS ALTERED TO SAY THE
DRONE ZONE WOULD ONLY COVER A
100-MILE STRETCH ALONG THE
EASTERN BORDER OF ALASKA.
BUT ETCH WITH THAT CHANGE, WE
WERE STILL ALLURED THAT A
BLANKET WAIVER OF THE FULL LIST
OF 36 BEDROCK ENVIRONMENTAL
LAWS WAS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY
SECURITY.
NOW WE HAVE A FURTHER CHIDGE
THIS WILL WAIVE THE LIST OF
LAWS FROM THE DRONE ZONE FROM
36 ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS DOWN TO
16 ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.
THIS EVER-SHRINKING BILL, IT
GETS SMALLER AND SMALLER AS
PEOPLE REALIZE ENVIRONMENTAL
LAWS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM WHEN
IT COMES TO WORDER SECURITY AND
THE ZONE CREATED BY THIS BILL
WOULD HARM THE ENVIRONMENT AND
INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS FOR
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS.
THE BISHOP AMENDMENT PROVES
THAT THE UNDERLYING BILL HAS
ALWAYS BEEN AN EXTREME AND
EXTREMELY HARMFUL SOLUTION TO A
PROBLEM THAT DOES NOT EXIST.
PERHAPS IF WE GIVE SUPPORTERS
ENOUGH TIME THEY CAN SHRINK THE
IDEA DOWN TO WAIVING PARKING
AROUND TUCSON.
ENFORCEMENT IN A SMALL AREA
THIS AMENDMENT REDUES THE
DAMAGE THIS BILL WOULD DO BUT
DOES NOT BEGIN TO PREVENT THAT
DAMAGE, WAIVING 36 LAWS WAS AN
UNNECESSARY OVERREACH AND
WAIVING 16 LAWS WOULD BE AS
WELL.
THAT SAID, LIMITING THE SCOPE
OF THIS TERRIBLE BILL IS A
SMALL STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION, SO THERE IS NO
REASON TO OPPOSE THIS AMENDMENT
AND I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY
TIME.
THE GENTLEMAN
RESERVES.
WOULD THE CHAIR
INFORM US AS TO THE TIME
REMAINING ON BOTH SIDES?
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
UTAH HAS THREE MINUTES, THE
GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS
HAS 30 SECONDS.
COULD YOU INFORM ME
ONCE AGAIN?
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
MASSACHUSETTS HAS THREE MINUTES
REMAINING.
I YIELD ONE MINUTE
TO MR. FILNER.
I RISE IN
OPPOSITION TO THE BILL,
ESPECIALLY THE BORDER PARTS OF
THE BILL, AND THE GRIJALVA
AMENDMENT THAT WILL BE COMING.
I KNOW HOW HARMFUL THIS BILL
CAN BE.
AS I READ THE EXEMPTIONS FROM
LAWS, I CAN SEE, I DON'T KNOW,
UNDUMONTED CHILD LABOR FILLING
IN WETLANDS.
COME ON, OUR NATURAL BEAUTY
DEPENDS ON THESE PROTECTIONS.
THESE LAWS PROTECT US.
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY, AS I UNDERSTAND IT,
IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THESE
PROVISIONS.
THEY TESTIFIED IN JULY OF 2011
THAT THE BORDER PATROL, THE
BORDER PROTECTIONS AGENCY
ENJOYS A CLOSE WORKING
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE THAT
ALLOWS US TO FULFILL OUR BORDER
ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
WHILE RESPECTING AND ENHANCING
THE ENVIRONMENT.
THIS EXCESSIVE USE WOULD AFFECT
PUBLIC LANDS AND NATURAL PARK
-- NATIONAL PARKS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
I YIELD THE
GENTLEMAN 30 SECONDS.
THE GENTLEMAN IS
RECOGNIZED.
IT WOULD AFFECT THE
STATUE OF LIBERTY MONUMENT, THE
CAPE HATTERAS NATIONAL
SEASHORES AND SCORES OF OTHERS.
WE MUST PROTECT THESE IMPORTANT
NATIONAL PARKS, RECREATION
AREAS AND WILDERNESS LANDS FOR
FUTURE GENERATIONS.
I INVITED MR. -- I INVITED, MR.
CHAIRMAN, THE GENTLEMAN WHOSE
BILL THIS IS, I THINK, MR.
DENHAM, TO JOIN ME AT THE
BOARDER TO SEE WHAT WE WOULD BE
PROTECTING.
I DON'T THINK HE EVER ANSWERED
MY LETTER.
I YIELD BACK.
I AM THE FINAL
SPEAKER ON OUR SIDE IF THE
GENTLEMAN FROM UTAH IS READY TO
CONCLUDE?
I YIELD BACK THE
BALANCE OF MY TIME.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
REMAINING.
UTAH IS RECOGNIZED 30RK SECONDS
THE 36 LAWS PLACED
WERE THERE WHEN HOMELAND
SECURITY ASKED FOR THOSE, WHEN
CONGRESS AGREED TO IT,S THE
PRECEDENT.
I'M LOWERING IT TO 16.
I HAVE BEEN ON THE BORDER, I
HAVE BEEN ON THE BORDER AND
SEEN THE *** TREES.
THIS MUST STOP.
I ALSO HAVE BEEN ON THE BORDER
TO SEE THERE ARE 48 DIFFERENT
ORGANIZATION WHO HAVE ENDORSED
THE UNDERLYING BILL, INCLUDING
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
FORMER BORDER PATROL OFFICERS,
THE NATIONAL BORDER CONTROL
COUNCIL, THE LOCAL BORDER
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POLICE
PATROL COUNCIL IN ARIZONA, THE
ORGANIZATIONS.
THOSE WHO WORK THIS REALIZE THE
IMPORTANCE OF THIS AND THAT'S
WHY THEY'RE SUPPORTING IT.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
THE QUESTION IS ON
THE AMENDMENT OFFERED BY THE
GENTLEMAN FROM UTAH.
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED, NO.
IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR THE
AYES HAVE IT, THE AMENDMENT IS
AGREED TO.
IT IS NOW IN ORDER TO CONSIDER
AMENDMENT NUMBER 5 PRINTED IN
HOUSE REPORT 112-539.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM ARIZONA SEEK
RECOGNITION?
THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIRMAN, I HAVE AN AMENDMENT
AT THE DESK.
-- AMENDMENT NUMBER
5 PRINTED IN HOUSE REPORT
112-539 OFFERED BY MR. GRIJALVA
OF ARIZONA.
PURSUANT TO HOUSE
RESOLUTION 688, THE GENTLEMAN
FROM ARIZONA, MR. GRIJALVA, AND
A MEMBER OPPOSED, EACH WILL
CONTROL FIVE MINUTES.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM ARIZONA.
OUT OF ALL THE
TITLES COBBLED UNDER THIS ONE
PIECE OF LEGISLATION, TITLE 14
IS THE MOST ALARMING AND I HAVE
INTRODUCED THIS AMENDMENT TO
STRIKE IT ALL FROM THE BILL.
NOT ONLY IS THE TEXT OF ONE OF
THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL BILLS
INTRODUCED THIS CONGRESS, IT'S
INTENDED TO SPAN THE SCOPE AND
THE AUTHORITY OF ONE GOVERNMENT
AGENCY TO ACHIEVE A LOOSELY
DEFINED OBJECTIVE, AN AGENCY
THAT HAS NOT EVEN ASKED FOR
THIS EXPANDED AUTHORITY.
TITLE 14 OF THIS LEGISLATION
WOULD SUPERSIZE CUSTOMS.
AT THEIR DISCRETION AND WITHOUT
ANY RECOURSE BY THE PUBLIC TO
COUNTER THAT.
IF THIS BILL WERE TO BECOME
LAW, FAMILIES THAT USE FORESTS,
WILDLIFE AREAS IN ALL THESE
STATES COULD BE SUBJECT TO
INCREASED SURVEILLANCE WITHOUT
ANY INDICATION.
WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO
ECONOMIC WELFARE OF FAMILIES
AND ECONOMIES OF STATES IN
ALABAMA AND ARIZONA WHEN STATES
PASS HOSTILE ANTI-IMMIGRANT
LAWS.
THIS TAKES THE SAME CONCEPT AND
SPREADS IT ACROSS OUR NORTHERN
AND SOUTHERN BORDERS.
WHITE NOW CUSTOMS AND BORDER
PROTECTION ISN'T SUFFERING FROM
LACK OF AUTHORITY.
IF ANYTHING IT'S SUFFERING FROM
LACK OF FOCUS.
THE ABILITY TO ACCESS FEDERAL
LANDS ISN'T CAUSING BORDER
PATROL PROBLEMS.
RADIOS THAT DON'T WORK, THE
LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND
PERSONNEL ARE WHAT THEY HAVE
CITED AS BARRIERS IN THE MOST
RECENT G.A.O. REPORT.
YESTERDAY DURING THE DEBATE
OVER THE RULE FOR THE BILL, THE
SPONSOR OF THE LEGISLATION THAT
HAS BECOME TITLE 14 CLAIMED
THAT WE CAN'T DEAL WITH THE
ISSUE OF IMMIGRATION REFORM
BEFORE SECURING OUR BORDER
LANDS.
HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT PEOPLE
ARE ANGRY ABOUT THE SITUATION
AT THE BORDER AND BEFORE THIS
ANGER IS ADDRESSED, WE CAN'T DO
ANYTHING ABOUT OUR BROKEN
IMMIGRATION SYSTEM SO WE ARE
GOING TO PAY SOME LIP SERVICE
TO OUR BORDER SECURITY TO
ADVANCE WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY AN
ANTI-ENVIRONMENT,
ANTI-IMMIGRANT AGENDA.
WELL, THAT SHOULD MAKE ALL OF
US ANGRY BECAUSE IT ADDS TO
DIVISION IN OUR NATION AND THE
SENSE OF MILLIONS OF FAMILIES
IN THE BORDER REGION AND ACROSS
THIS REGION FEEL LIKE THEY ARE
POLITICAL PAWNS IN A SYSTEM IN
A GAME THAT IS NEVER ENDING.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LIVE ALONG
THIS 100 MILES AND THEY DESERVE
THE SAME PROTECTION FROM
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION OR
GOVERNMENT OVERREACH THAT THE
ENJOY.
US IN THE COUNTRY
THE ORIGINAL BILL GRANTED
D.H.S. A WAIVER OF 36 LAWS.
THE RECENTLY INTRODUCED
AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW THAT LIST
TO BE 16.
THE FACT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO
CONCEDE HALF OF THE ORIGINAL ON
IS FROM THE OUTSET AN
THE LIST PROVES THAT THE BILL
UNNECESSARY OVERREACH.
THE 16 LAWS LEFT IN THE
LEGISLATION ARE NOT MINOR
STATUTES.
THEY INCLUDE THE NATIONAL
HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT, THE
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, THE
ANTIQUITIES ACT AND THE
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ACT.
THE SOLUTION TO A BROKEN SYSTEM
ALONG THE BORDER IS
COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION
REFORM.
IF YOU TOOK THAT 100 MILES ZONE
ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER AND
MADE IT INTO A STATE, IT WOULD
LEAD THE NATION IN POVERTY,
UNEMPLOYMENT, EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT, LOWEST WAGES, MOST
UNINSURED AND LOWEST ECONOMIC
GROWTH.
YET, THIS LEGISLATION AND TITLE
14 ONCE AGAIN TAKES THIS REGION
AND INSTEAD OF PROVIDING
SUPPORT AND COMPREHENSIVE
ATTENTION TO THAT REGION, WE
FURTHER MARGINALIZE IT AND
ISOLATE IT.
ALL THE LAWS THAT ARE BEING
LANDMARK PIECES OF LEGISLATION
WAIVED AND ELIMINATED ARE ALL
THAT GUIDE AND MANAGE OUR
FEDERAL LANDS, RESOURCES THAT
BELONG TO EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN
TAXPAYER.
THROWING AWAY DECADES OF LAW
THAT HELP PROTECT AND PRESERVE
OUR FEDERAL LANDS MAKES NO
SENSE.
THE SUPPORTERS OF THIS
LEGISLATION WILL SAY IT IS
NECESSARY TO ADDRESS THE
HORRORS AND VIOLENCE THAT OCCUR
ON THE BORDER.
IT'S NOT TRUE.
IT'S BACK DOOR AMNESTY FOR
EXTREMIST ANTI-ENVIRONMENTAL
GROUPS, INDUSTRIES AND
DEVELOPERS WHO *** AFTER OUR
PUBLIC RESOURCES, FOR PRIVATE
PROFIT AND TAXPAYERS -- AT
TAXPAYERS' EXPENSE.
THAT'S WHY I INTRODUCED MY
AMENDMENT TO STRIKE THE TITLE
FROM THE BILL.
I ENCOURAGE ITS SUPPORT AND
RESERVE MY TIME.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
ARIZONA RESERVES.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEMAN FROM UTAH SEEK
RECOGNITION?
I RISE TO CLAIM
AMENDMENT.
TIME IN OPPOSITION TO THE
THE GENTLEMAN IS
RECOGNIZED FOR FIVE MINUTES.
I HOPE I WILL NOT
TAKE THE FIVE MINUTES AT THE
TIME.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO MY GOOD
FRIEND FROM ARIZONA FOR WHOM I
HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF
ADMIRATION, I WOULD EMPHASIZE,
AGAIN, THAT THE TITLE OF THIS
SECTION IS NATIONAL SECURITY
AND FEDERAL LANDS PROTECTION.
DOES NOT EXTEND TO ANY OTHER
PROPERTY EXTHOSE THAT BELONG TO
OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALONG
THE BORDER.
THERE IS A SUNSET PROVISION SO
IT CAN BE REVIEWED.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE ELEMENT
THAT IS IN THIS PARTICULAR
TITLE ARE THERE FOR A REASON.
THERE IS PRECEDENT FOR THEM.
100 MILES IS WHAT THE LEGAL
DEFINITION OF BORDER LAND
ACTUALLY IS.
BUT 36 LAWS -- I'M READY TO GO
BACK TO THOSE -- BUT 36 LAWS
WERE THE LAWS PRESENTED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
AS THOSE POTENTIAL LAWS THAT
COULD CAUSE THEM DAMAGE, AND
THIS CONGRESS AGREED TO THAT
PRECEDENT.
CONGRESS AGREED TO THAT
PRECEDENT.
CONGRESS ESTABLISHED THAT THEY
COULD BE WAIVED FOR THAT
SPECIFIC PURPOSE.
I ONCE AGAIN WANT TO TELL YOU
WHAT SECRETARY NAPOLITANO SAID
ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE OF
BORDER SECURITY, THAT THE
REMOVAL OF CROSS-BORDER
VIOLATORS IN PUBLIC LANDS --
YOU WANT TO PROTECT THE
CARTELS AND THE HUMAN
ENVIRONMENT, GET THE DRUG
TRAFFICKERS OFF OF THAT
IT IS THE REMOVAL OF THOSE
PARTICULAR AREA.
VIOLATORS FROM PUBLIC LANDS IS
A VALUE TO THE ENVIRONMENT AS
WELL AS TO THE MISSION OF THE
LAND MANAGERS WHICH IS ONCE
AGAIN 48 GROUPS, TALK ABOUT 48
GROUPS THAT SUPPORT THIS THAT
COME FROM CONSERVATION GROUPS,
THEY COME FROM AGRICULTURE
GROUPS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY
THEY COME FROM THE BORDER
PATROL AGENTS THEMSELVES.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT COME
FORTH AND TESTIFIED THAT THEY
NEED SPECIAL ABILITY OF HAVING
ACCESS TO THIS LAND IF WE ARE
GOING TO CONTROL THE BORDER
WHICH IS WHAT A SOVEREIGN
COUNTRY DOES.
MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS IS THE WORD
OF WHAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES
ARE.
THIS IS WHY WHAT WE HAVE TOLD
THE BORDER PATROL THEY HAVE TO
PREVENT ALL UNLAWFUL
ENTRIES INTO THE UNITED STATES
INCLUDING ENTRIES BY
TERRORISTS, OTHER UNLAWFUL
ALIENS, INSTRUMENTS OF
TERRORISM, NARCOTICS AND OTHER
CONTRABAND THROUGH THE
INTERNATIONAL LAND BORDERS OF
THE UNITED STATES.
THAT'S IN THIS TITLE.
THAT'S THEIR JOB.
THAT'S WHAT THE BORDER PATROL
HAS REQUESTED TO DO.
ALL WE NEED TO DO IS GIVE THEM
THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO BE ABLE
TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.
TOOLS ON FEDERAL LAND THAT WILL
MIRROR THE TOOLS THEY HAVE ON
PRIVATE AND STATE LANDS.
LET THEM DO THEIR JOB.
THEY NEED ACCESS TO THIS AREA
TO PATROL IT AND APPREHEND THE
BAD GUYS.
GIVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY.
I RESERVE.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
UTAH RESERVES.
IF I MAY INQUIRE
AS TO HOW MUCH TIME.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
ARIZONA HAS 30 SECOND
REMAINING.
LET ME YIELD THE
REMAINING TIME TO THE GENTLEMAN
FROM NORTH CAROLINA, RANKING
MEMBER AND D.H.S. APROPERS.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
NORTH CAROLINA IS RECOGNIZED.
EVEN WITH THE BISHOP
AMENDMENT JUST ADOPTED, THE
BILL WAIVES 16 DIFFERENT
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT,
FOR EXAMPLE, THE NATIONAL
WILDLIFE REFUGE LAWS, TO GAIN
OPERATIONAL CONTROLS OVER THESE
LANDS.
YOU KNOW, MR.
CHAIRMAN, IT WOULD MEAN OUR
NORTHWEST BORDER, THE BORDER
PATROL WOULD HAVE LARGELY
UNFETTERED ACCESS AND
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTS WOULD BE
WAIVED WITHIN 10 MILES OF
SEATTLE.
IN ARIZONA THIS WOULD ENCOMPASS
ALL OF TUCSON, NEW YORK,
BUFFALO AND SYRACUSE COULD COME
UNDER CONTROL.
THESE ARE SWEEPING AND
UNNECESSARY PROVISIONS.
I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO ADOPT
THE AMENDMENT.
THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME
HAS EXPIRED.
RECOGNIZED.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM UTAH IS
IS THERE ANY --
COULD I INQUIRE ANY TIME LEFT
ON EITHER SIDE?
FROM
UTAH HAS 2 1/4 MINUTES
REMAINING.
NO TIME REMAINING.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM ARIZONA HAS
I APPRECIATE THE
ARGUMENTS GIVEN.
WHEN I HAVE BEEN ON THE BORDER
AND BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO THE
PEOPLE THAT WORKED ON THE
BORDER WHAT THEY NEED TO
PROTECT THE BORDER, ONCE
GUENTHER' TELLING US THEY NEED
THE ACCESS.
THE ABILITY TO WAIVE THESE
LAWS, THESE RULES, THESE
REGULATIONS IS WHAT WE HAVE
DONE IN THE PAST.
CONGRESS ALREADY DID ONCE
BEFORE.
THERE IS PRECEDENCE.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS
NEW, BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY
WHAT IS NEEDED.
DO.
THIS IS THE RIGHT THINKING TO
RIGHT THING TO DO.
SO I URGE YOU TO -- THIS IS THE
AMENDMENT.
I URGE YOU TO REJECT THIS
IN ALL FAIRNESS, MR. CHAIR, IT
WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR ME TO
YIELD 30 SECONDS TO THE
GENTLEMAN FROM ARIZONA SO HE
HAS A CHANCE TO CLOSE ON HIS
PARTICULAR AMENDMENT.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
ARIZONA.
THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIRMAN.
I APPRECIATE YOUR COURTESY.
THANK YOU.
THIS POINT SAY THAT
I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND I'LL
NAYS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WAIT TO CALL FOR THE YEAS AND
THE QUESTION IS NOW
OFFERED BY THE GENTLEMAN FROM
ARIZONA.
THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED, NO.
IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR,
THE NOES HAVE IT.
THE AMENDMENT IS NOT AGREED TO.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM ARIZONA.
THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIRMAN.
WITH THAT I'D ASK FOR A
RECORDED VOTE.
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 6
OF RULE 18, FURTHER PROCEEDINGS
ON THE AMENDMENT OFFERED BY THE
GENTLEMAN FROM ARIZONA WILL BE
POSTPONED.
AT THE NOW IN ORDER TO CONSIDER
AMENDMENT NUMBER 6 PRINTED IN
HOUSE REPORT 112-539.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLEWOMAN FROM HAWAII SEEK
RECOGNITION?
MR. SPEAKER, I
HAVE AN AMENDMENT AT THE DESK.
THE CLERK WILL
DESIGNATE THE AMENDMENT.
AMENDMENT NUMBER 6
PRINTED IN HOUSE REPORT 112-539
HAWAII.
OFFERED BY MS. HANABUSA OF
PURSUANT TO HOUSE
RESOLUTION 688, THE GENTLEWOMAN
FROM HAWAII, MS. HANABUSA, AND
A MEMBER OPPOSED, EACH WILL
CONTROL FIVE MINUTES.
THE CHAIR NOW RECOGNIZES THE
GENTLEWOMAN FROM HAWAII.
THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
FIRST I'D BEGIN BY SAYING WE
HAVE HAD MY AMENDMENT BEFORE
THE COMMITTEE AND THE
REPRESENTATIONS MADE WAS THAT
IT DID NOT COVER HAWAII.
I'M HERE TO BASICALLY REAFFIRM
THAT ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE.
THIS ALL STARTED BECAUSE WHEN I
WAS HOME I WAS THE SPEAKER AT
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
U.S.S. ARIZONA MEMORIAL.
AS I SAT THERE I BEGAN TO
UNDERSTAND THAT IN FACT A
JURISDICTION OVER THE ARIZONA
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HAS
AND ALL OF ITS FACILITIES IN
PEARL HARBOR.
IT CAUSED ME TO GO BACK AND
CHECK EXACTLY HOW MANY LANDS
THAT'S UNDER THE JURISDICTION
OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
AND FISH AND WILDLIFE WHICH IS
WITHIN THIS LAW.
THERE ARE 257,772 ACRES IN THE
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, AND
298,980 ACRES UNDER THE FISH
AND WILDLIFE SERVICE.
AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, WITH 100
MILES FROM ANY BORDER, IT WOULD
COVER THE WHOLE STATE OF
HAWAII.
BUT, MR. CHAIR, I BELIEVE THAT
WITH THE REPRESENTATION FROM
THE GENTLEMAN FROM UTAH, I'D
WITHDRAW MY AMENDMENT IF I AM
ASSURED THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO
COVER HAWAII.
AND I RESERVE UNTIL I HEAR FROM
THE GENTLEMAN FROM UTAH.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM
HAWAII YIELDS.
THE GENTLELADY YIELDS.
YES, HAWAII WAS
TAKEN OUT IN COMMITTEE.
WITH THAT, MR.
CHAIR, I RESPECTFULLY WITHDRAW
MY AMENDMENT.
WITHOUT OBJECTION,
THE AMENDMENT IS WITHDRAWN.
THE CHAIR UNDERSTANDS THAT
AMENDMENT NUMBER 7 WILL NOT BE
OFFERED.
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 6 OF RULE
18, PROCEEDINGS WILL NOW RESUME
ON THOSE AMENDMENTS PRINTED IN
HOUSE REPORT 112-539 ON WHICH
FURTHER PROCEEDINGS WERE
POSTPONED IN THE FOLLOWING
MR. DEFAZIO OF OREGON,
ORDER -- AMENDMENT NUMBER 2 BY
AMENDMENT NUMBER 3 BY MR.
MARKEY OF MASSACHUSETTS,
AMENDMENT NUMBER 5 BY MR.
GRIJALVA OF ARIZONA.
THE CHAIR WILL REDUCE TO TWO
MINUTES THE MINIMUM TIME FOR
ANY ELECTRONIC VOTE AFTER THE
FIRST VOTE IN THE SERIES.
THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS IS THE
REQUEST FOR A RECORDED VOTE ON
AMENDMENT NUMBER 2 PRINTED IN
HOUSE REPORT 112-539 BY THE
GENTLEMAN FROM OREGON, MR.
DEFAZIO, ON WHICH FURTHER
PROCEEDINGS WERE POSTPONED AND
ON WHICH THE NOES PREVAILED BY
VOICE VOTE.
AMENDMENT.
THE CLERK WILL REDESIGNATE THE
AMENDMENT NUMBER 2
PRINTED IN HOUSE REPORT 112-539
OFFERED BY MR. DEFAZIO OF
OREGON.
A RECORDED VOTE HAS
BEEN REQUESTED.
THOSE FAVORING A RECORDED VOTE
WILL SHALL RISE AND BE COUNTED.
A SUFFICIENT NUMBER HAVING
ARISEN, A RECORDED VOTE IS
ORDERED.
MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES
BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE.
THIS WILL BE A 15-MINUTE VOTE.
[CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY
THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING
INSTITUTE, INC., IN COOPERATION
REPRESENTATIVES.
WITH THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF
ANY USE OF THE CLOSED-CAPTIONED
COVERAGE OF THE HOUSE
PROCEEDINGS FOR POLITICAL OR
COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IS
EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED BY THE
REPRESENTATIVES.]
ON THIS VOTE THE
YEAS ARE 194, THE NAYS ARE 236.
THE AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS IS THE
-- THE COMMITTEE WILL COME TO
ORDER.
THE COMMITTEE WILL COME TO
ORDER.
FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
GENTLELADY FROM MISSOURI SEEK
RECOGNITION?
MR. SPEAKER, I ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO SPEAK OUT OF ORDER
FOR ONE MINUTE.
WITHOUT OBJECTION,
THE GENTLELADY FROM MISSOURI IS
RECOGNIZED FOR ONE MINUTE.
MY SOFTBALL
CO-CAPTAIN, MS. DEBBIE
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, WANT TO
REMIND ALL OF YOU TOMORROW
NIGHT ONCE AGAIN THE BICAMERAL,
BIPARTISAN SOFTBALL TEAM PLANS
TO BEAT THE WASHINGTON NEWS
MEDIA IN A SOFTBALL GAME, AND
WEIGH WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL OF
YOU KNOW THE DETAILS SO YOU CAN
JOIN US IN THE VERY OPPRESSIVE
HEAT THAT WE WILL BE PLAYING
IN.
I THANK
THE GENTLELADY FOR YIELDING AND
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED.
THIS IS THE FOURTH ANNUAL
CONGRESSIONAL WOMEN'S SOFTBALL
GAME.
WE ARE THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS.
WE BEAT THE BAD NEWS BABES LAST
YEAR.
WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR TEAM.
WE HAVE THE GENTLELADY FROM
A RINGER THIS
YEAR, MRS. ROBY.
PLAY.
YOU SHOULD COME OUT AND SEE HER
SHE'S GOT SOME SKILLS.
SO EVEN THOUGH THE PRESS CORP
HAVE BEEN TALKING SOME GOOD
TRASH AND THEY ARE PRACTICING
APPARENTLY ON THE BEACH AT THE
G-20, WE HAVE GELED AS A TEAM,
COME TOGETHER IN A BIPARTISAN,
BICAMERAL WAY AND BETWEEN OUR
SUPERIOR FIELDING, HITTING AND
STRATEGIC APPROACH TO THE GAME,
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
AS CHAMPIONS OF THE ANNUAL
CONGRESSIONAL WOMEN'S SOFTBALL
TEAM.
7:00 TOMORROW NIGHT, WATKINS
RECREATION CENTER, COME ON OUT,
ENCOURAGE YOUR STAFF.
THIS YEAR IT'S $10 ENTRY FEE,
BUT IT RAISES MONEY FOR THE
YOUNG SURVIVAL COALITION WHICH
IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT RAISES
AWARENESS AND SUPPORTS YOUNG
SURVIVORS OF BREAST CANCER, AND
I WILL JUST CONCLUDE BY
THANKING ALL THE MEMBERS AND
STAFF AS A BREAST CANCER
SURVIVOR MYSELF AND A YOUNG ONE
AT THAT, IT IS SO PERSONALLY
AND DEEPLY MEANINGFUL TO ME
THAT THE CONGRESSIONAL FAMILY
IS ALWAYS SO SUPPORTIVE OF THE
WOMEN MEMBERS.
AND THANK YOU TO MY
CONGRESSIONAL SISTERS.
YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME.
I WANT TO THANK
MARTHA ROBY FOR MAKING OUR
AVERAGE GO WAY, WAY DOWN.
WITH THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE
YIELD BACK.
WITHOUT OBJECTION,
TWO-MINUTE VOTING WILL
CONTINUE.
THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS IS THE
REQUEST FOR A RECORDED VOTE ON
AMENDMENT NUMBER 3 PRINTED IN
HOUSE REPORT 112-539 BY THE
GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS,
MR. MARKEY, ON WHICH FURTHER
PROCEEDINGS WERE POSTPONED AND
ON WHICH THE NOES PREVAILED BY
VOICE VOTE.
AMENDMENT.
THE CLERK WILL REDESIGNATE THE
AMENDMENT NUMBER 3
PRINTED IN HOUSE REPORT 112-539
OFFERED BY MR. MARKEY OF
MASSACHUSETTS.
A RECORDED VOTE HAS
BEEN REQUESTED.
THOSE IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST
FOR A RECORDED VOTE WILL RISE
AND BE COUNTED.
A SUFFICIENT NUMBER HAVING
ARISEN, A RECORDED VOTE IS
ORDERED.
MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES
BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE.
THIS WILL BE A TWO-MINUTE VOTE.
THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING
[CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY
INSTITUTE, INC., IN COOPERATION
REPRESENTATIVES.
WITH THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF
ANY USE OF THE CLOSED-CAPTIONED
COVERAGE OF THE HOUSE
PROCEEDINGS FOR POLITICAL OR
COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IS
EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED BY THE
REPRESENTATIVES.]
ON THIS VOTE THE YEAS
ARE 156, THE NAYS ARE 268.
THE AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS IS THE
REQUEST FOR A RECORDED VOTE ON
AMENDMENT NUMBER 5 PRINTED IN
HOUSE REPORT 112-539 BY THE
GENTLEMAN FROM ARIZONA, MR.
GRIJALVA, ON WHICH FURTHER
PROCEEDINGS WERE POSTPONED AND
ON WHICH THE NOES PREVAILED BY
VOICE VOTE.
AMENDMENT.
THE CLERK WILL REDESIGNATED
DELOIP AMENDMENT NUMBER 5
PRINTED IN HOUSE REPORT 112-539
OFFERED BY MR. GRIJALVA OF
ARIZONA.
A RECORDED VOTE HAS
BEEN REQUESTED.
THOSE IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST
FOR A RECORDED VOTE WILL RISE
AND BE COUNTED.
A SUFFICIENT NUMBER HAVING
ARISEN, A RECORDED VOTE IS IN
ORDER.
BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE.
MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES
THIS WILL BE A TWO-MINUTE VOTE.
NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE,
[CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY THE
INC., IN COOPERATION WITH THE
UNITED STATES HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
ANY USE OF THE CLOSED-CAPTIONED
COVERAGE OF THE HOUSE
COMMERCIAL PURPOSES IS EXPRESSLY
PROCEEDINGS FOR POLITICAL OR
PROHIBITED BY THE U.S. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.]
ON THIS VOTE THE YEAS