Ralph Regula

Mr. REGULA

Mr. REGULA. Reclaiming my time, I understand what the gentleman is saying, but we are trying to encourage all the tribes to privatize. But, unfortunately, to accomplish this goal we need a lot more money. As I said, the administration in their budget submission just ducked the whole issue.

Mr. REGULA. Absolutely.

Mr. REGULA. If the gentleman would further yield, that is what I mean, they walked away from it.

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I would ask the gentleman from California (Mr. Miller), does the Senate address what happens to the ``honey pot'' or do they just send it back to the Treasury? Because, apparently, they take out the money to administer the fund but do not address the problem.

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the requisite number of words. (Mr. REGULA asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I would just point out to the gentleman that he read a letter from the Secretary of HHS expressing great concern, but in the submission of the budget she underfunded them $147 million.

Mr. REGULA. Well, the gentleman said it.

Mr. REGULA. If the gentleman will yield, when we received the letter we checked with IHS, and they advised us that that letter was drafted by OMB based on the Senate number. That is the advice we got.

Mr. REGULA. Yes, I yield to the gentleman from Mississippi.

Mr. REGULA. Reclaiming my time. To one tribe?

Mr. REGULA

Mr. REGULA. If the gentlewoman will continue to yield, this is an editorial writer.

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, this editorial is by Mark Lurie, whom the gentlewoman knows. Continuing to quote, ``What's the big deal? A carload of people for only $5.'' That's a carload. Not one person, a carload, for $5. ``How much for the same carload to go to the movies, five to seven times the cost?'' The whole editorial says it is a great program. He strongly endorses it. And this, of course, is in the Santa Barbara News Press.

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, will the gentlewoman continue to yield?

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I would like to quote for the gentlewoman from the Santa Barbara News Press. Their editorial, entitled Adventure Pass Praise, states ``Let me start by saying I am proud to have purchased my adventure pass, and I strongly support the concept of user fees in our national forests.'' They are not a tax, they are user fees.

Mr. REGULA

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks on the further consideration of H.R. 4193, and that I may include tabular and extraneous material.

Mr. REGULA

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, let me just close by saying I urge all Members to reject this amendment. We closed the Tongass issue in the past, and let us move on. Announcement by the Chairman

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, based on that persuasive testimony, will the gentleman withdraw the amendment? I yield to the gentleman from California.

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentleman from Alaska.

Mr. REGULA. I yield to the gentleman from Alaska.

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young).

Mr. REGULA. Yes, I yield to the gentleman from Alaska.

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I think if there is some just possibility that it would, it could create a great liability. I would also point out that the Society of American Foresters and many labor unions oppose the Miller amendment, because they must have some concern that it will substantially reduce the employment base in Alaska.

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, one other question: Does the gentleman think his amendment will in any way affect the contractual obligations of the Federal Government? I yield to the gentleman from California.

Mr. REGULA. So if they could reconstruct roads to keep these jobs, that would be permissible.

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, let us clarify it. Does the gentleman's amendment apply to reconstructed roads?