Ralph Regula

Mr. REGULA

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time.

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Holden].

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Poshard].

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 30 seconds, and I would point out that the GAO report of 1994, the most recent report, and I quote, ``the program has shown that the government and the private sector can work together effectively to develop and demonstrate new technologies. The lessons learned from DOE's experience with the program should be useful for similar programs in which costs are shared.'' Mr. Chairman, I yield 15 seconds to the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Obey].

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Doyle]. (Mr. DOYLE asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from California [Mr. Brown], ranking member of the Committee on Science. (Mr. BROWN of California asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that all debate on this amendment and all amendments thereto close in 30 minutes and that the time be equally divided.

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding. The gentleman from California has repeatedly made his concerns for Humboldt County, California, known to me. I fully understand how important an issue this is to the gentleman from California [Mr. Riggs] and the people of Humboldt County. The $700 million was not included in the bill reported from the committee. However, it is possible that the Senate will include all or part of these funds. I assure the gentleman from California [Mr. Riggs] that I will raise his concerns for the need of economic mitigation for Humboldt County if the funds are an issue with the House-Senate conference on the Interior appropriations bill.

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word. Mr. Chairman, I rise to advise the Members that there will be no more votes tonight. We are going to have two more amendments, one by the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Klug] on the clean coal, and possibly another energy. But any votes that will be called for will be rolled over until tomorrow. I would reiterate that it is our goal to finish by 2 o'clock tomorrow, and we will try to get time agreements if necessary to meet that target.

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Chairman, let me say to all of the Members who are watching us on C-SPAN and coming over here to vote, the right vote is to vote for the amendment of the gentleman from Washington [Mr. Dicks]. Why do I say that? Let me quote from the Secretary of Agriculture, one of our former colleagues, who understands it, who is responsible for the management of our forests. Secretary Glickman says in his letter, ``However, the $41.5 million reduction the amendment proposes,'' that is the Porter-Kennedy amendment, ``goes too far in eliminating important construction and reconstruction efforts that provide public safety and environmental benefits.'' It says it all. It says it all. If Members care about people, if they care about the 76 million people that take their families to the national forests for recreation, if they care about their safety, if they care about the environment, Members will vote for the Dicks amendment, because it does not go too far, as does the Porter amendment.

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Montana [Mr. Hill].

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California [Mr. Herger].

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from South Dakota [Mr. Thune].

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Peterson].

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from the State of Washington [Ms. Dunn].

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Arizona [Mr. Shadegg]. (Mr. SHADEGG asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Idaho [Mrs. Chenoweth], chairman of the authorization subcommittee.

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Washington [Mr. Nethercutt], a member of the subcommittee.

Mr. REGULA. That is my intention that that will not happen; that is, the debate, if there is any committee markup ongoing at that time. Let me assure the gentleman that we are not going to debate the NEA issue while the full committee is in markup.

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I am advised by staff that the leadership of the Committee on Appropriations, the gentleman from Louisiana [Mr. Livingston] is trying to work this problem out to avoid the very thing the gentleman from Wisconsin described.

Mr. REGULA. That is correct, there will be no votes after Porter- Kennedy and Dicks.

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, any amendment will be in order that a Member might wish to offer until we reach Line 7, Page 76. If there were any votes ordered, they will be rolled over.

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

Mr. REGULA. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word. Mr. Chairman, the debate, as I understand it now, will be for 80 minutes, 20 minutes controlled by the gentleman from Washington [Mr. Dicks], 20 by the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Kennedy], 20 by the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Porter] and 20 by myself, and then after the 80 minutes of debate, then they will be intermingled. We will take votes on the Dicks substitute, and following that there will be a vote on Porter-Kennedy. Then I want to announce to the Members that once that is completed it would be the intention of the Chair to continue to take amendments with no further votes tonight. We will go to Line 7, Page 76 and stop just before the NEA issue, and the committee at that point will rise. So we would have two more votes tonight at the end of the 80-minute period in which we debate the Kennedy-Porter and the Dicks substitute. Mr. Chairman, I want to make it clear there will be no action on the NEA issue tonight. We are going to stop just prior to reaching that point in the bill, which is Page 76, Line 7.