And the statement has done, that giving lewis clark project 22 million last year which was almost ten times the amount of funding that you included in last years budget. Yet this year you still came back and only requested 2. 7 million for the project. Congress has already demonstrated that we can fund these projects at a higher level, routinely increasing funding in appropriation bills beyond your budget request. These local communities and the state have done everything that has been asked of them and more. Putting more funding than they were supposed to. What will it take to get interior to prioritize these projects . Im going to may i, madam chair . Okay. Ill make my part very brief and turn to mike for the specifics here. Indian water rights settlements have taken priority for us and making sure that communities that do not have access to water are prioritized. And i know you appreciate that. Weve talked about that before. Theres some money in the budget for lewis clark to continu
For the cleanup on these on these native lands. Senator, ill have to get back to you on the timing. Im want exactly sure. I had a broad update from the blm that they are assessing the sites, and i know they have been prioritizing those. Some are native conveyances and some are not. Theyre also in the process of identifying potentially responsible parties that could be responsible for the cleanup. If there is a responsible party, thats where we go first as opposed to the federal treasury. So i will need to get back to you as to when the list will be updated and when we will get back to specifics, if thats okay. That is appreciated and we do have language within the current spending authorization that requires the department to report by june of this year about the comprehensive inventory and what the plan is but i think you sense the priority when you were up in alaska in addition to the legacy which weve had plenty of opportunity to discuss what that plan is and how were going to be ab
Fiveyear farm bill. There was a rejection of the house last year. A lot of negotiations back and forth and it seems like with each of these bills that gets passed, there is a bigger chorus of people who say that farm subsidies are too generous. Or this time youve faced a lot of criticism on the food Stamp Program. Is this the last farm bill you see being passed this way . Is the split in the house last ear a foretaste of farm bill to come . We all have a stake in having affordable, safe food. We in america are blessed that theres a group of people that are willing to get up every day and fight the weather. Nobody else in their business has to worry if their business will be wiped out by drought. We have a joint stake, both families, farmers, and consumers in having in agricultural food supply policy. And thats what this is. I am proud that this is a farm bill for the future and not the past. E have been talking about that we shouldnt be giving farm subsidies to farmers when prices are
The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 226. The nays are 196. The motion is not adopted. Is adopted. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. The question is on passage of the joint resolution. So many as are in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The gentleman from north carolina. Mr. Price i ask for the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays are requested. Those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. A sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vot
A packageincorporate of proactive Forest Management steps so that we have a chance to get ahead of the fire problems that we have. Its like preventive medicine. It is costeffective and its good for the patient. Where her today from several witnesses and mr. Hubbard talked about the proven cost effectiveness of preventive measures. That absolutely needs to be part of it. There is just not enough money to pay for proactive Forest Management without doing some reform of the underlying laws. Ive got some references in my testimony about changes to the and endangered species act and litigation that would be helpful components. What would you all think of the concept of using funds that are targeted for future Forest Service acquisitions, that that be redirected to forest operations and maintenance on existing Forest Service lands before we buy more land . Weve got these Budget Constraints we are dealing with. Obvious thatts the priority for the Forest Service needs to be taking care of the