H6364 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 10, 2008 Goodlatte McCaul (TX) Ros-Lehtinen Davis, Lincoln Klein (FL) Ross Miller (MI) Reichert Souder Graves McCotter Roskam DeFazio Kucinich Rothman Miller, Gary Renzi Stearns Hall (TX) McCrery Royce DeGette Lampson Roybal-Allard Moran (KS) Reynolds Sullivan Hastings (WA) McHenry Ryan (WI) Delahunt Langevin Ruppersberger Murphy, Tim Rogers (AL) Tancredo Hayes McHugh Sali DeLauro Larsen (WA) Ryan (OH) Musgrave Rogers (KY) Terry Heller McKeon Saxton Dicks Larson (CT) Salazar Myrick Rohrabacher Thornberry Hensarling McMorris Scalise Doggett Lee Sa´ nchez, Linda Neugebauer Ros-Lehtinen Tiahrt Herger Rodgers Schmidt Donnelly Levin T. Nunes Roskam Tiberi Hobson Mica Sensenbrenner Doyle Lewis (GA) Sanchez, Loretta Paul Royce Turner Hoekstra Miller (FL) Sessions Edwards (MD) Lipinski Sarbanes Pearce Ryan (WI) Upton Hunter Miller (MI) Shadegg Edwards (TX) Loebsack Schakowsky Pence Sali Walberg Inglis (SC) Miller, Gary Shimkus Ellison Lofgren, Zoe Schiff Peterson (PA) Saxton Walden (OR) Issa Moran (KS) Shuster Ellsworth Lowey Schwartz Petri Scalise Walsh (NY) Johnson (IL) Murphy, Tim Simpson Emanuel Lynch Scott (GA) Pitts Schmidt Wamp Johnson, Sam Musgrave Smith (NE) Engel Mahoney (FL) Scott (VA) Platts Sensenbrenner Weldon (FL) Jones (NC) Myrick Smith (NJ) Eshoo Maloney (NY) Serrano Poe Sessions Weller Jordan Neugebauer Souder Porter Shadegg Etheridge Markey Sestak Westmoreland Keller Nunes Stearns Price (GA) Shays Whitfield (KY) Farr Marshall Shea-Porter King (IA) Paul Sullivan Fattah Matheson Putnam Shimkus Wilson (SC) Sherman King (NY) Pearce Tancredo Filner Matsui Radanovich Shuster Wittman (VA) Shuler Kingston Pence Terry Foster McCarthy (NY) Ramstad Simpson Wolf Sires Kirk Peterson (PA) Thornberry Giffords McCollum (MN) Regula Smith (NE) Young (AK) Skelton Kline (MN) Petri Tiahrt Gillibrand McDermott Rehberg Smith (NJ) Young (FL) Slaughter Knollenberg Pitts Tiberi Gonzalez McGovern Smith (WA) NOT VOTING—28 Kuhl (NY) Platts Turner Gordon McIntyre Snyder LaHood Poe Upton Green, Al McNerney Andrews Frank (MA) Lungren, Daniel Solis Lamborn Porter Walberg Green, Gene McNulty Blunt Frelinghuysen E. Space Latham Price (GA) Walden (OR) Grijalva Meek (FL) Boehner Gohmert Murphy, Patrick Speier LaTourette Putnam Walsh (NY) Gutierrez Meeks (NY) Boswell Harman Pickering Latta Radanovich Wamp Hall (NY) Melancon Spratt Pryce (OH) Stark Brown-Waite, Heller Lewis (CA) Ramstad Weldon (FL) Hare Michaud Ginny Hill Reyes Lewis (KY) Regula Weller Hastings (FL) Miller (NC) Stupak Rogers (MI) Sutton Cannon Hoekstra Linder Rehberg Westmoreland Herseth Sandlin Miller, George Capuano Hulshof Rush LoBiondo Renzi Whitfield (KY) Tanner Smith (TX) Higgins Mitchell Dingell Issa Lucas Reynolds Wilson (SC) Hinchey Mollohan Tauscher Waxman Fortenberry Mack Rogers (AL) Wittman (VA) Hinojosa Moore (KS) Taylor Wilson (NM) Manzullo Rogers (KY) Wolf Hirono Moore (WI) Thompson (CA) Marchant Rogers (MI) Young (AK) Hodes Moran (VA) Thompson (MS) ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE McCarthy (CA) Rohrabacher Young (FL) Holden Murphy (CT) Tierney The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Holt Murtha Towns NOT VOTING—23 the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- Honda Nadler Tsongas ing in this vote. Andrews Frank (MA) Pickering Hooley Napolitano Udall (CO) Boswell Frelinghuysen Pryce (OH) Hoyer Neal (MA) Udall (NM) b 1311 Brown-Waite, Gohmert Reyes Inslee Oberstar Van Hollen Ginny Granger Rush Israel Obey Vela´ zquez So the resolution was agreed to. Carter Harman Smith (TX) Jackson (IL) Olver Visclosky The result of the vote was announced Dingell Hill Speier Jackson-Lee Ortiz Walz (MN) as above recorded. Edwards (TX) Hulshof Waxman (TX) Pallone Wasserman A motion to reconsider was laid on Fortenberry Kennedy Wilson (NM) Jefferson Pascrell Schultz Johnson (GA) Pastor Waters the table. Johnson, E. B. Payne Watson f b 1304 Jones (OH) Perlmutter Watt Kagen Peterson (MN) Weiner GENERAL LEAVE Messrs. SAXTON, EVERETT, Kanjorski Pomeroy Welch (VT) RAMSTAD, EHLERS, and KINGSTON Kaptur Price (NC) Wexler Mr. RAHALL. Madam Speaker, I ask changed their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to Kennedy Rahall Wilson (OH) unanimous consent that all Members ‘‘nay.’’ Kildee Rangel Woolsey may have 5 legislative days in which to Kilpatrick Richardson Wu revise and extend their remarks and in- So the previous question was ordered. Kind Rodriguez Yarmuth The result of the vote was announced clude extraneous material on H.R. 1286. as above recorded. NAYS—182 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gen- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Aderholt Davis (KY) Hunter question is on the resolution. Akin Davis, David Inglis (SC) tleman from West Virginia? Alexander Davis, Tom Johnson (IL) There was no objection. The question was taken; and the Bachmann Deal (GA) Johnson, Sam f Speaker pro tempore announced that Bachus Dent Jones (NC) the ayes appeared to have it. Barrett (SC) Diaz-Balart, L. Jordan WASHINGTON-ROCHAMBEAU REVO- Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Bartlett (MD) Diaz-Balart, M. Keller LUTIONARY ROUTE NATIONAL Barton (TX) Doolittle King (IA) Madam Speaker, on that I demand the Biggert Drake King (NY) HISTORIC TRAIL DESIGNATION yeas and nays. Bilbray Dreier Kingston ACT The yeas and nays were ordered. Bilirakis Duncan Kirk Bishop (UT) Ehlers Kline (MN) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- The SPEAKER pro tempore. This Blackburn Emerson Knollenberg ant to House Resolution 1317 and rule will be a 5-minute vote. Bonner English (PA) Kuhl (NY) XVIII, the Chair declares the House in The vote was taken by electronic de- Bono Mack Everett LaHood the Committee of the Whole House on vice, and there were—yeas 224, nays Boozman Fallin Lamborn Boustany Feeney Latham the State of the Union for the consider- 182, not voting 28, as follows: Brady (TX) Ferguson LaTourette ation of the bill, H.R. 1286. [Roll No. 481] Broun (GA) Flake Latta Brown (SC) Forbes Lewis (CA) b 1314 YEAS—224 Buchanan Fossella Lewis (KY) IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Abercrombie Boren Clarke Burgess Foxx Linder Ackerman Boucher Clay Burton (IN) Franks (AZ) LoBiondo Accordingly, the House resolved Allen Boyd (FL) Cleaver Buyer Gallegly Lucas itself into the Committee of the Whole Altmire Boyda (KS) Clyburn Calvert Garrett (NJ) Mack House on the State of the Union for the Arcuri Brady (PA) Cohen Camp (MI) Gerlach Manzullo Baca Braley (IA) Conyers Campbell (CA) Gilchrest Marchant consideration of the bill (H.R. 1286) to Baird Brown, Corrine Cooper Cantor Gingrey McCarthy (CA) amend the National Trails System Act Baldwin Butterfield Costa Capito Goode McCaul (TX) to designate the Washington-Rocham- Barrow Capps Costello Carter Goodlatte McCotter beau Revolutionary Route National Bean Cardoza Courtney Castle Granger McCrery Becerra Carnahan Cramer Chabot Graves McHenry Historic Trail, with Mr. ROSS in the Berkley Carney Crowley Coble Hall (TX) McHugh chair. Berman Carson Cuellar Cole (OK) Hastings (WA) McKeon The Clerk read the title of the bill. Berry Castor Cummings Conaway Hayes McMorris The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the Bishop (GA) Cazayoux Davis (AL) Crenshaw Hensarling Rodgers Bishop (NY) Chandler Davis (CA) Cubin Herger Mica rule, the bill is considered read the Blumenauer Childers Davis (IL) Culberson Hobson Miller (FL) first time.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:17 Jul 11, 2008 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A10JY7.005 H10JYPT1 wwoods2 on PRODPC60 with HOUSE July 10, 2008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6365 The gentleman from West Virginia fish and resident wildlife under State ments, and there is absolutely nothing, (Mr. RAHALL) and the gentleman from law or regulations, including the regu- nothing the Federal Government can Utah (Mr. BISHOP) each will control 30 lation of hunting, fishing, trapping, do on this trail that couldn’t be accom- minutes. and recreational shooting. Nothing in plished by States and local govern- The Chair recognizes the gentleman this act shall be construed as limiting ments through a well-written from West Virginia. access for hunting, fishing, trapping, or interlocal cooperation agreement. Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Chairman, I yield recreational shooting.’’ The sponsor does not live in the area myself such time as I may consume. I would say this language covers all of this trail. It encompasses nine Today, we are considering H.R. 1286, the bases. Nothing in the pending States. Not all of the Members of Con- legislation introduced by our col- measure in any way, shape, or form gress who are impacted either in the league, Representative MAURICE HIN- supercedes the authority of the States trail area or abutting the trail area are CHEY of New York. I might also add over hunting, fishing, trapping, and cosponsors. that it was some 9 years ago that the shooting. The other side cannot even refute initial study on this legislation was This is essentially the same language how many people understand or know initiated by our colleague from Con- this body adopted last April by a vote that this trail is going to be impacting necticut, Mr. JOHN LARSON, and I wish of 416–5 during consideration of H.R. their lives. The estimates we have are to commend his leadership, as well as 2016, the National Landscape Conserva- less than 10 percent are understanding Mr. HINCHEY’s leadership on the pend- tion System Act, per an amendment of- about this. ing bill. fered by the gentleman from Pennsyl- Yet, the key issue is not necessarily The pending legislation will des- vania (Mr. ALTMIRE). the trail, because it’s already there. ignate a National Historic Trail, trac- I would close by noting that the trail The key issue is who will be making ing the routes taken in 1781 by the ar- designated by this bill follows the rec- decisions in the future about this trail. mies of General George Washington ommendations of a National Park If it were possible that everyone in- and French Count Rochambeau on Service study, and the Bush adminis- volved in this particular trail was their march from New England to face tration supports this legislation. happy about it, they liked the idea, the British Army at Yorktown, Vir- I reserve the balance of my time. they wanted it, but at some future date ginia. Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Chairman, would like to make a decision about The story of this trail is a fas- I yield myself such time as I may con- that trail, by passing this bill, all of a cinating piece of our history. The sume. sudden we change the process and the French Army, after wintering in New- Over the July 4th holiday, my wife place of that decision from localities port, Rhode Island, marched southwest and I rented the movie 1776. It’s one of back here to Washington. in early July to join General Wash- my favorite ones. It has some histor- It’s about power, it’s about where do ington and his troops at Phillipsburg, ical accuracy, a lot of historical inac- you actually make decisions in Amer- New York. On August 18, the soldiers, curacies, but it’s a fun movie. ica. It’s about empowerment of individ- and their provisions and armaments, In the exposition of that, to show uals. This bill simply takes the deci- started to slip away from Philipsburg. John Adams’s frustration at Congress sion-making process away from local- The troops and their supplies trav- at that time, he was called down to ities and puts it back here in Wash- eled 600 miles over a network of stra- vote on a motion by Josiah Bartlett of ington, where we have too many deci- tegic roads and waterways through New Hampshire, which is an effort that sion-making powers that we are al- New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, says that during the hostilities in ready avoiding as is. Maryland, the future District of Co- which they are in, they shall dissuade They did take one amendment of lumbia, and Virginia. They reached any kind of dissipation, any extrava- mine and they eviscerated it, an Williamsburg in late September, 1781. gances, any gambling, or any horse amendment that dealt with second With a French fleet in the Chesa- racing. That is when John Adams ex- amendment rights, an amendment that peake, blocking British reinforcements plodes and goes out on the street, with dealt with all second amendment from New York or a sea escape for the classic lines in his opening song, rights. Yet, the issue at hand that is Cornwallis’ troops, Washington and Ro- which says about Congress in 1776: We now part of the underlying bill through chambeau laid siege to Cornwallis’ piddle, twiddle, and resolve not one—I a self-executing rule only deals with army at Yorktown. Three weeks later, can’t use a swear word here, but it’s in hunting, not all second amendment on October 19, 1781, the British troops there—not one thing do we solve. rights, which was the goal and the idea laid down their arms. Now, the issue at hand in 1776 in and what should have been in place, I would note that when we bring Philadelphia was independence. They which simply means that if I’m hunt- forth legislation of this nature, con- had already been fighting for a year. ing, I’m okay on this trail. If I’m try- cerns have been raised in some cor- They had raised an army and appointed ing to protect myself, I’m not. If a ridors regarding any potential impacts George Washington to do battle. Yet, mugger tries to attack me, I cannot on private property rights. I can assure they still refused to talk about the key protect myself unless first I’m trying this Committee that most of this trail sole issue of the day, which was inde- to hunt the mugger. Or if a moose is follows public roads or crosses public pendence. Instead, they talked about shot by me, I better shoot it in the pos- lands. While the historic route does everything else, every small, piddly terior because if a moose is charging cross some private lands, the National idea they could come up with, rather me, no longer is that hunting, that is Park Service does not propose or an- than coming to the core. And that was now self-defense, and that is not al- ticipate any acquisition of private John Adams’s frustration with that. lowed with the amendment that came lands. As I was watching that movie, I in here. I would also point out that nothing thought, Gee, that is exactly like Con- It is simply an absurdity of situa- in the National Trails System cir- gress today. We are doing the same tions, and it’s not an unrealistic ab- cumvents the authority of the States thing. surdity. Even the Washington Post did over hunting and fishing. However, to I have to admit that I have a sense of a recent article about serial killers make this matter crystal clear, the frustration with congressional leader- along the Appalachian Trail. It is not a rule governing debate over the pending ship. It’s a 4-hour flight for me to come false fear in there, it’s a realistic fear. measure adopted an amendment which back here. Yet, every week I have been It’s a realistic fear that will be noted reads as follows. Again, the rule gov- coming back on that 4-hour flight to that when the Democrats made this erning debate over the pending meas- deal with non-issues. We haven’t dealt self-executing rule, they did not defend ure adopted an amendment which reads with homeland security, we haven’t all of the second amendment, only the as follows: dealt with the appropriations, we so-called hunting rights, which is not, ‘‘Nothing in this act shall be con- haven’t dealt with energy issues. not the purpose of the second amend- strued as affecting the authority, juris- Instead, the key issue of this week is ment. diction, or responsibility of the several to federalize a trail that already exists, But this is now simply the only bill States to manage, control, or regulate that is controlled by local govern- that we will have of significance today.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 02:41 Jul 11, 2008 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K10JY7.043 H10JYPT1 wwoods2 on PRODPC60 with HOUSE H6366 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 10, 2008 It’s basically the crux of this entire This designation is important be- stitution, the creation of the Bill of week, which simply means Democratic cause we have identified the scope of Rights, and the leadership that we leaders don’t want to address other resources that we need to more effec- have provided for the following cen- issues. Specifically, energy issues. tively commemorate this historic turies around the world. I am very There is no issue of comprehensive pol- event. In particular, I am thrilled that much in support of this bill. I hope icy of what we will be doing to address the expanded involvement of the Na- that every Member of this House of the energy crisis the Americans are tional Park Service to preserve and in- Representatives will vote for it. facing. The appropriations process has terpret the route will highlight to Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance simply shut down over the potential of Americans, young and old, our earliest of my time. doing that. struggles as a country for our inde- Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Chairman, So I fly back for 4 hours to come pendent rule on behalf of all of the peo- I yield to the gentleman from Illinois back here last week to talk about ban- ple of our country. (Mr. SHIMKUS) such time as he may ning pet monkeys from crossing State The designation also calls for the in- consume. lines. The week before, about the volvement of State and local historic (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given Chesapeake Bay. This week, I came organizations interested in commemo- permission to revise and extend his re- back here so we could talk about a rating the heritage of the American marks.) Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Chairman, I come trail. Revolution, with a particular focus on in support of the legislation. I served, Mr. Chairman, in all due sincerity, the States of Connecticut, Delaware, as many people know, in the United this is nothing but legislative filler. We Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, States Army for 5 years actively, 23 in are not dealing with the real issues New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, the Reserves, a West Point graduate, that affect people or should be affect- and Virginia. It was on the 16th of De- great respect for George Washington, ing this Congress, we are dealing with cember, 1999, that the Revolutionary who established the fortifications there the small stuff, the triviality, the leg- War enthusiasts supporting a National at West Point, the longest active mili- islative minutia. This is like junk food, Historic Trail designation of the Wash- tary installation in the country. Of like cotton candy. It’s there. It’s fluffy, ington-Rochambeau Revolutionary course, this constitutional Republic it’s airy. But it is not filling and has no Route organized themselves at the owes a great debt of gratitude to the fiber. It gives the illusion of activity, Washington headquarters in Newburgh, French, and it is unfortunate we have but in essence we are dealing with a New York. to use discussions on this to come to cotton candy agenda. They advocated for the route essen- the floor and exercise our rights of We have in essence a Democratic de tially defined by the march taken by freedom and speech to talk about a new facto filibuster against energy, against the Continental Army of General Declaration of Independence. So with ever talking about it in any way, George Washington and by the French respect to the chairman, I hope he will shape, or form. Instead, we have a Army of Count Rochambeau on their indulge me. trail. A trail that already exists, a trail way to their ultimate victory over When we talk about the day-to-day that would be federalized, a trail that British forces under the command of and we talk about around the Fourth of encompasses more power back here in Major General Charles Cornwallis in July, America knows that we are held Washington, instead of allowing people Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781. The route captive to imported crude oil as energy to help make decisions for themselves. also included the march of the French and that we have to break away to be- With that, Mr. Chairman, I will re- Army in 1782 as it returned back north come energy independent and free. serve the balance of my time. up to Boston. There are a lot of ways that we can do Mr. HINCHEY. Mr. Chairman, I yield b 1330 that, and I believe there is a huge con- myself such time as I may consume. sensus in this Congress today. Unfortu- In a 1999 interview with the histor- Mr. Chairman, I want to illustrate nately, that consensus is not being al- ical magazine ‘‘American Heritage,’’ the importance of this issue which we lowed to be brought to the floor, and renowned author David McCullough are dealing with here today and an that is why we have to use legislation claimed that ‘‘as you are working on issue in which I rise in strong support. like this to exercise our ability for free It is a bipartisan effort to implement the Revolutionary War, as I am doing speech to talk about pressing concerns. the National Park Service’s study that now, you realize what the French did We all know the problem, and I have Congress mandated back in the 106th for us. We wouldn’t have a country if it tried to change my debate and discus- Congress. It’s an issue that has been weren’t for them,’’ David McCullough sion away from the basic partisan as- pending for some time. said. For that America will be forever pects to just the realities. And the re- The National Park Service study rec- grateful for the army led by Rocham- ality is when President Bush became ommended that we designate as a Na- beau, and this trail will significantly president, the price of a barrel of crude tional Historic Trail this 600-mile route symbolize our appreciation and dedica- oil was $23. I highlight it here. I don’t used by the allied armies under Gen- tion to our shared history. shy away from that fact. When the eral George Washington and French I would like to thank all of the Revo- Democrat majority came in, the price Count Rochambeau in their epic march lutionary War enthusiasts, the Na- of a barrel of crude oil was $58. Yester- that led to the victory at Yorktown, tional Park Service, and the many day, I haven’t checked the spot price Virginia, in 1781, and the independence Members of Congress whose districts today, but yesterday’s price was $140. of the United States of America. particularly host the route who have And all I have said on this floor now The trail travels mostly along exist- cosponsored this legislation. All of for about 12 weeks is that this ing roads, throughways, and publicly these participants helped make this trendline is bad, this trendline for our navigable waters from Rhode Island designation possible. It is a designation economy, for our middle class, for our down to Yorktown, Virginia. Desig- that will raise to a much greater level lower middle class, for rural America, nating the Washington-Rochambeau the quality of heritage preservation all is not sustainable, and that we have to Revolutionary Route as a National His- along the route by providing signage address this. And we can. We can ad- toric Trail will help spur a greater un- and other commemorative work di- dress it in a bipartisan manner on this derstanding of our shared history and rected toward linking the Allied en- floor. There are a lot of things we can will help illuminate the important bat- campments along the Revolutionary do. tle of a young country and its French march with a self-guided auto route, We have tried on this floor numerous allies against the rule of King George. auxiliary hiking trails and appropriate times to bring alternative fuel stand- I’d like to thank especially Chairmen historical signs. ards, the debate of using American RAHALL and GRIJALVA for moving this This commemorates one of the most coal, the largest recoverable resource legislation through the hearing and significant events in the history of the we have. We have the largest recover- markup process in the Natural Re- United States of America. It is our able resource of coal as any country in sources Committee. I greatly appre- major victory in the Revolutionary the world in coal. People don’t under- ciate their support and assistance and War, which led to the independence of stand that, but we do. The Germans de- that of their very capable staff. our country, the foundation of our Con- veloped technology in World War II to

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So if we are our friends from across the aisle. turn it into liquid fuel to help us be- going to use money for solar and wind I appreciate this newfound interest in come more independent from the im- and renewable energy, what a great trying to make this country inde- portation of crude oil, especially from place to get the pay-for. pendent of oil outside of our bounds, dangerous places around the world, I got a lot of Blue Dogs, they have independent of energy sources produced places that really don’t like us and we been fighting the battle on pay-fors. outside of the United States. The prob- really would like to not have to be What a great pay-for, to become energy lem is that our friends on the other there. independent by using the available oil aisle who controlled this House of Rep- So when we talk about becoming en- and gas reserves, bringing more supply resentatives for 12 years are too late to ergy independent, we would like to say to the market, lowering the price. the game. we are always going to need some, so It is all gain. There is no disadvan- It is a shame, a travesty, that we are we have got North American allies, the tage to using our coal resources and sitting in this situation that we are Canadians, a great source of imported creating jobs. There is no disadvantage today, not only with gasoline in Con- fossil fuels, Mexico, a great supporter to opening up the oil and gas reserves necticut, where I come from, at $4.30 a of fossil fuels. Using that, using our off the Outer Continental Shelf. And gallon, but across this Nation families own coal reserves and our other re- really there is no disadvantage into are being held hostage by a product sources, we could become independent going into the Arctic National Wildlife produced and priced outside of this from imported crude oil from other Refuge, an area the size of the State of country. places. South Carolina, a drilling platform the We could have made different choices We are independent on energy for size of Dulles Airport. To put it in per- in this House if we had had leadership electricity. We produce in our country spective, take a football field and put a on the Republican side of the aisle, who the electricity we need. So we can be postage stamp on there. controlled it for 12 years in conjunc- independent. We are not independent When you hear people talk about the tion with a President who sat in the on the energy we need in liquid fuel. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, it is White House for six of those years. We One way we do this is with our great not like Woodland Park in my home- could have been in a very different coal reserves. I am from Illinois, 250 town of Collinsville, Illinois. That place today. But we are not. years worth of recoverable coal. You go might be a little bit disruptive if you So, as Democrats, we are standing to a coal mine, you build a coal mine, are drilling. It is not disruptive in an up, passing legislation to hold OPEC American jobs. You operate the coal area the size of the State of South accountable for price fixing; investing mine, American jobs. You build a coal- Carolina. in renewable resources to try to finally to-liquid refinery, American jobs. You So the frustration for me as a mem- get this country off of that oil that we operate that refinery, American jobs. ber of the Energy and Air Quality Sub- are far too addicted to; and going after You actually have a tax base developed committee and the Energy and Com- those who would try to price-gouge and for our local schools. merce Committee is we can’t even have take advantage of the current eco- You build a pipeline from these refin- this debate in the committee. If we nomic situation. In all of those situa- eries to maybe the local airport. Four could have this debate in the com- tions there are veto threats from the budget airlines are bankrupt. That mittee, if we could move a bill and get President and far too few of our friends means baggage handlers, ticket takers, it to the floor, we could use that time from the other side of the aisle joining pilots, planes sitting idle because they to debate energy. But, unfortunately, us. Now, there is consistency there. For can no longer compete with the high we have to use this time on a historic 12 years they neglected the growing en- aviation fuel. Well, you can make avia- trail that helps us remember where we ergy crisis, and now we don’t have tion fuel from coal-to-liquid tech- come from, helps us remember our na- enough bipartisan cooperation across nology, tional heritage. the aisle. The United States Air Force is the We have obviously the portrait of the So I appreciate the fact that on a bill number one aviation fuel user in the Marquis de Lafayette right here in the that is very important to those of us in world. Every time this barrel of crude Chamber. Remember when we have had Connecticut, that we have a little bit oil goes up $1, it costs us, the tax- trouble with our French friends, they of an opportunity to talk about the cri- payers, $60 million just to pay the avia- were here when we needed them and sis that is affecting American families. tion jet fuel bill. They are asking us to were instrumental to this Republic, I just wish that our friends on the Re- do this. If we want to become energy and we need to thank them. Anything publican side of the aisle had been independent, as we are speaking about we can do as a history teacher to re- doing a little bit more talking about the independence of our country, being member history and strengthen it for this subject before we got here, the new free from foreign oppression, being free future generations, I am for. members of this class. I wish that we from foreign influence, we have to be- I just hope what we want to do in the had been talking about this 5 years ago come energy independent. history, I hope we are willing to do the and 10 years ago, and we wouldn’t have Another way to do this is the Outer same thing for future generations for to be talking about it in such grave Continental Shelf. Great resources, bil- energy independence. And I challenge terms here today. lions of barrels of crude oil, trillions of my friends to bring on the environ- Mr. Chairman, I want to talk just for cubic feet of natural gas, just waiting mental restrictions. We can meet one moment about how important this to be explored and recovered. These them. But we have to have a whole underlying bill is going to be to us in areas here in red are off limits by a dic- portfolio. I am willing to join you, if Connecticut, for it is important for us tate imposed by Federal legislators 25, you all let me. to celebrate our heritage. What makes 30 years ago, in a spending bill. We said With that, I would like to thank the us so great as a Nation is that we cele- in a spending bill you can’t go off the ranking member for the time. brate it, we respect it and we pass it on east coast. You can’t go in the eastern Mr. HINCHEY. Mr. Chairman, I yield to new generations. And so when I look Gulf. You can’t go on the west coast. It 3 minutes to the gentleman from Con- at that 340 miles of this historic trail is off limits. So a way that we could be- necticut (Mr. MURPHY). that is going to lie in Connecticut, I come more independent, energy inde- Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut. I think great things about what it is pendent, would be to use our vast coal thank the gentleman from New York going to mean to have more resources resources and to open up the Outer (Mr. HINCHEY). and more Federal recognition for the Continental Shelf. I have another chart I came to the floor today to speak students and the children who will here I forgot to bring that talks about about the underlying legislation, which walk that trail, who will visit the wind and solar. is incredibly important to those of us monuments and markers across it, and But the great thing about the Outer who reside in Connecticut, where 340 will have even more reverence for the Continental Shelf is this: When we miles of this proposed route lies, more history that brings us here today.

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I yield 1 additional told us where excessive begins. solar, everything needs to be on the minute, Mr. Chairman. But it is important that we look into table, ethanol, methanol, biodiesel. Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut. I every single issue that impacts our Gentlemen, I support your bill. But, thank the gentleman from New York. constituents at home, and that is the again, let’s get ourselves together and A historic tavern in Newtown, Con- price of gas. My friend from West Vir- make sure that we get to vote on what necticut where General Rochambeau ginia absolutely knows as well as any- the American people and the majority and his troops made several stops con- body the importance of utilizing our of this Congress want, and that is lower tinues to be talked about today as an coal resources. Thank goodness for energy prices. important part of the historic tradition West Virginia, among others, and their The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman 1 of Western Connecticut. production of domestic energy re- from West Virginia has 17 ⁄2 minutes re- This is going to add to the historic sources. maining; the gentleman from Utah has legacy that of course makes us what As you look at our future and our 81⁄2 minutes remaining. we are in New England, makes us so economy, which includes, among other Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Chairman, I yield proud of our very unique role in the things, food prices, and you see what myself such time as I may consume. For some time now, the Democrats making of this Nation. And what the incredibly outrageously high price on this side have been watching our makes this Nation great is that even in of gas has done to us, you have to come colleagues on the other side of the aisle moments of trial like we have today, to the conclusion and let those good time after time on bill after bill come with families faced with increasing people in both parties and on both sides to the floor and defend multinational costs of energy and health care and of the aisle have a simple, straight- oil conglomerates, and now they claim education, that we can come together forward vote on whether we are going to be the friends of coal as well. and propose solutions. I just think that to become more active in domestic en- My colleague from Illinois (Mr. ergy resources. it is too bad that we didn’t do some- SHIMKUS) gave us a great presentation Domestic energy. We have a small thing about this before this moment. I on coal-to-liquids, as has been done a group of people, and they apparently think it is too bad that we have to number of times, and there is not much have an unusual hold on the Democrat come to this floor in such a crisis mode I can disagree with in his presentation as we do today. I wish our friends from leadership. That group says no to about the coal-to-liquids. But it is, and across the aisle had done a little bit nukes, no to coal, no to tar sands, no to the fact of the matter is, that it is pure more when they controlled this House. expansion of refineries. We cannot af- and simple that it is the oil industry I think that would have done a lot ford and common sense does not allow and their defenders here in the Con- more to fulfill the legacy that we cele- for us to maintain that position. gress that have time and time again I think it is extremely helpful that brate today than the moment that we undermined the viability of a true al- are in right now. we are having a lengthy debate. And, ternative fuels industry in this coun- Mr. BISHOP of Utah. I am pleased to again, a lot of good points have been try. And let me back that up by exam- yield to the gentleman from North made, but I will refresh everyone’s in- ple. Carolina (Mr. HAYES) such time as he stitutional memory to the fact that In the 1940s, the Synthetic Liquids may consume. this House, Republicans and Demo- Fuels Act passed the Congress and ap- Mr. HAYES. I thank the gentleman crats, in previous terms before we had propriated over $80 million for research from Utah for yielding. a switch in majority passed all of the and production. By the 1950s, America As we stand here today, I think this legislation that we are talking about was producing thousands of gallons of is a good bill. We all support it. But as bringing up again today, including ex- synthetic gasoline a day at a test plant a segue into what the real issue for the ploration drilling in ANWR and off the in Missouri. But the discovery of cheap American people and people here in Outer Continental Shelf. However, our oil combined with a lobbying effort by this Capitol building is today, how can friends in the other body saw fit not to the oil industry caused the government you afford the gas to drive or fly to go send that to the President’s desk. to abandon its synthetic fuel research. see the area that we are talking about Well, the distinguished majority Let’s hark back to the 1970s and that today? leader mentioned today how we should oil crisis that we all faced and the long Our friend just talked about what use our reserves. I could support that if gasoline lines. The Federal Govern- happened. Well, Congressman SHIMKUS it comes to the floor. But I am also on ment briefly pursued synthetic fuel reminded us that during the 71⁄2 years a letter, as many of you others are, production. But once again, when the of the present administration, gas telling the President to release the price of oil receded, interest in coal-de- prices went up but not anywhere nearly moratorium. We cannot afford, Demo- rived fuels faded. And here we are as dramatically as they have in the 18 crats, Republicans, or anyone else, to again, with oil prices and talk of syn- months since our friends across the leave our constituents hanging out to thetic fuels both on the rise. aisle, the Democrat majority, has con- dry with unbelievably high gas prices. The Congress has a duty, a responsi- trolled. But let me make a very strong So I support the minority leader’s bility to the American people to do and separate point. call for meaningful energy legislation, much more than simply coddle the oil Many friends on the Democrat side, including votes on nuclear, votes on industry and let history repeat itself. including the chairman and others, the drilling which the American public has We also need to do more to discourage person sponsoring the bill, these folks very clearly said, and at the same time foreign oil cartels from temporarily want to do what we, the minority, I will reemphasize what the majority manipulating oil prices for the sole want to do. And that is, all of the and minority, regardless of who is in purpose of destroying a competitive do- above. There have been some neat that position, has said over and over mestic fuel source. things done by this House during my again: Environmentally sound? Abso- And if my friends on the other side of almost 10 years here. lutely. Safely? Without question. the aisle were serious about coal, they CAFE standards. I voted for that. And again thanking you for the time, would be pressuring this White House Better mileage. That is important. The I wrap up by saying we, this body, re- to back away, the two oil men in American people have heard us, and gardless of party, has been guilty in charge, to back away from its cozy re- they are working hard to conserve. the past of using lowered gas prices to lationship with those cartels. Instead, Price gouging. That is a piece of the conveniently forget how important they want to roll over and give Big Oil puzzle. I voted for that. Speculation. independence and our future energy everything it wants, no strings at- We have had hearings yesterday, today, needs are. tached.

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And, indeed, over the these technologies, then we would al- emissions grow unchecked as we be- last 5 to 10 to 12 years, there has been ready be seeing these technologies come more and more beholden to yet a great deal of energy discussion from coming to light today and the capabili- another set of foreign producers for our this body, and when Republicans were ties thereof. fuel, with China at the very lead. in control of this body, there was a I would remind my colleagues on the So, Mr. Chairman, I say to my col- great deal of legislation dealing with other side of the aisle that in 2000, leagues on the other side who keep energy that was passed in this body President Bush while running for office coming to the floor on bill after bill only to be prohibited from going pledged to spend $2 billion over 10 years and speaking about the energy crunch, through the entire process because this for a clean coal technology program, a which is indeed on the uppermost of majoritarian body could pass some- program that the Democrats initiated every American’s mind today and the thing that the minority-controlled in the 1980s. He never made good on high price of gas, that we do need to body on the other side could not do. that promise and allowed in only about address this in a bipartisan way and in I appreciate the distinguished chair- half of the promised money while a way that uses all of our domestic man from West Virginia of our com- claiming credit for the full pledge. sources of energy and in a way that mittee speaking so passionately, espe- During its tenure in leadership of the does not coddle one domestic energy cially about coal. I share that passion. Congress, the Republican Party did fuel over all others, especially when We have a great deal of coal in my nothing to buck the President’s low that energy fuel is trying for its own State. The only difference between the balling for clean coal programs. Again competitive advantages to put other two is, unfortunately, the coal in the and again, the President’s party voted domestic sources of energy at a dis- State of West Virginia is on private for his budgets to cut funds for clean advantage. property. coal research. I reserve the balance of my time. I was so impressed when the chair- Now, if the other side were truly seri- Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Chairman, man had a bill that dealt with wilder- ous about supporting coal, they would I apologize for starting out here with ness and the coal companies were there have added funding to clean coal budg- my old profession as a teacher coming to advocate for wilderness because it ets and they would have done more to out. But the gentleman from Con- did not impact them. They were on pri- put coal on a more even footing with necticut and a couple of others on this vate property. oil and gas. They did not, and now we floor have said some things that I In the State of Utah and much of the think bear discussion simply as a re- are seeing the consequences of high en- West, we have the exact opposite prob- view on the fundamentals of how legis- ergy prices that Americans are experi- lem; the coal is found on public lands. lative government works around here. And so I appreciate his commitment to encing. Outside in the hallway we have the So the fact of the matter is that the the concept of coal, and even though it distinguished Speakers. Most of them energy challenges that our Nation may indeed be a form of competition at are the most recent ones, but there are faces demand more than rhetorical bat- some time in the future, I take his the four that I always consider to be tles on the floor of this body. Certainly words as a commitment to try to work the four great speakers of this House, forward to try and free up the coal in our constituents would agree, and they one of whom was Thomas Bracken the West that is on public lands so it are feeling the energy pinch and de- Reed, who is the one that transformed can all be part of the energy solution serve much better. this House from a minority body into a We need to put our energies into find- that we are looking for in this Nation. majority body. He is the one who deter- ing common ground to achieve real You know, we are talking about a mined, in fact he said: If the tyranny of bill that dealt with Washington. Wash- workable solutions to our energy prob- the majority is harsh, the tyranny of ington led the troops in an era where lems. And towards that end, we need to the minority is unendurable. And he he simply was out of ammunition. He be working on our energy challenge was the one who prohibited the prac- had the opportunity of failing, but he from two ends at the same time: The tice of calling a roll call and then not did not allow it to be so because the environmental end and the supply end. allowing people to say ‘‘here’’; there- American spirit worked out the details If we take that approach, then we can fore, not having a quorum to conduct and then worked out the process so he build a viable coal-to-liquids industry. business. He forced the counting of a overcame those competitions, those Unfortunately, too much of the talk roll call, which made this from that difficulties. The United States today is in this body in recent weeks has been time on a majoritarian body. focused only on supply, and not enough The problem we have over in the Sen- in the same situation. We are out of en- of it has considered the environmental ate is that has never been a ergy ammunition, and it is a signifi- hurdles that we face. majoritarian body; it will always be a cant problem for those who are on fixed As worldwide pressure mounts to ad- minority body. It takes 60 votes to cut incomes, the poor and the middle class. dress carbon emissions, the coal-to-liq- off the debate and move onward. If you are rich, this energy problem uids industry recognizes that to be eco- which we face is merely an annoyance. nomically successful, it must also be b 1400 If you are on a fixed income or a lim- environmentally successful. But this So even though today the Democrats ited income, or if you are poor or mid- administration has done nothing to have the leadership positions in both dle class, then it becomes a significant help the coal industry address the envi- the House and the Senate, I would life situation so that every dollar that ronmental side of this energy chal- never jump to the conclusion or the in- they no longer can spend, that they lenge. So we need to invest more in en- accuracy of saying that the Democrats now have to spend to energy on con- vironmental research and development, control Congress because the Demo- sumption, is a dollar that they can’t something that Democrats have been crats will not control the Senate until spent on such luxuries as Hamburger arguing for, but that our Republican they have at least 60 votes there. It is Helper. colleagues during their 12 years in con- a minority body. In this particular bill the Democrats trol of Congress have continually rel- In like manner, the conversation accepted an amendment from one of egated to the back burners. that Republicans controlled Congress the great young Republican freshmen By failing to lay the environmental for 12 years and didn’t do anything has from Virginia, Mr. WITTMAN. It is an foundations for coal’s future, this ad- the same problem because in none of amendment that is still part of this bill ministration has opened the oppor- those 12 years did Republicans have 60 that aims to protect energy production tunity for foreign nations, most nota- votes in the Senate. And, therefore, a and transmission in this particular bly China, to bolster their coal fuels in- minority body was actually in control. trail system. It is a microcosm. It is

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Stu- this same thing not just in this trail the price is going to go down, they are dents of American history are intimately famil- bill, but throughout this entire coun- not drilling on those 68 million acres. iar with the Battle of Yorktown, in which try so we can honor and protect to do So the fact of the matter is we are French and American soldiers forced the sur- that. moving as aggressively as anyone render of British General Lord Cornwallis, ef- Mr. Chairman, what we are dealing could, as intelligently as anyone could fectively handing victory of the Revolutionary with now is simply the concept of the in the direction of trying to achieve War to the American Colonies. future of where we are going. We can greater energy independence for our However many Americans are less familiar either find scapegoats or we can find country. with what preceded it—a harrowing nine state, solutions. I think it is time that both The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. six hundred mile journey of more than 6,000 sides of the aisle look very carefully at SALAZAR). The gentleman’s time has allied soldiers from Newport, Rhode Island, trying to find solutions. expired. through my home state of New Jersey to With that, Mr. Chairman, I yield Mr. RAHALL. I yield the gentleman Yorktown, Virginia. Many historians identify back the balance of my time. an additional minute. this march led by George Washington, Gen- Mr. HINCHEY. Recognizing that we Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Chairman, I yield eral of the Continental Army and French Gen- possess probably less than 2 percent of 3 minutes to the gentleman from New eral Count Rochambeau along a network of the known oil reserves in the world, we York (Mr. HINCHEY). roads, trails, and waterways as critical to the are doing everything we can to use Mr. HINCHEY. Mr. Chairman, I just American victory at Yorktown and the eventual that small amount of oil reserves intel- want to emphasize how the Members creation of the United States. on this side of the aisle are completely ligently and reasonably and in ways In Philipsburg, New York on August 14, dedicated to energy independence and that are going to last our people for a 1781, having learned that a large fleet of long, long period of time. And we are doing everything that is possible to French naval vessels was heading from the saying to the oil companies either use achieve that objective. We did much to Caribbean Sea to the Chesapeake Bay, it or lose it. If you are not going to use try to achieve it during the 12 years Washington and Rochambeau discarded plans those 68 million acres of public land on that our friends on the other side of to siege New York City and march to South- which you already have leases, then the aisle held the majority. But they eastern Virginia, where another celebrated give them up and let us give them to were not interested at all in achieving Frenchman the Marquis de Lafayette and his someone else. Let us lease them else- that objective, or moving forward in 5,000 troops were outmaneuvering Cornwallis, where. Let’s have some responsible any significant way, not even in any forcing his British troops to bunker down in people go down and drill those wells real way. Yorktown. With little time to prepare, Wash- and produce the oil we need which will One of first things that we did when ington and Rochambeau led more than 6,300 we achieved the majority here last drive down the price. So don’t say that anybody over here American and French troops on a southward year was to pass a very substantial en- is against drilling offshore. We are very march to Virginia. ergy independence bill which moves us much in favor of it, and we know that H.R. 1286 is an important piece of legisla- strongly in that direction. Not as they have the leases to do it, and we tion that comes at a critical time. Despite strongly as we would have liked, but are doing everything that we can to strong grassroots support from organizations we had to be a little less ambitious press them and pressure them to live like the National Washington-Rochambeau about it because we were threatened up to their obligations and responsibil- Revolutionary Route Association, and efforts with vetoes as well as opposition from ities in the leasing of the public lands at the state and local level, many historical the other side of the aisle. that they now control. sites associated with the American Revolution But what did we manage to achieve? Mr. CASTLE. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in will be lost to development and suburban We managed to achieve energy effi- strong support of the Washington-Rocham- sprawl. This bill would designate the route as ciency for automobiles, the first time beau Revolutionary Route National Historic a National Historic Trail, allowing the National that had been done in more than three Trail Designation Act (H.R. 1286), which would Park Service to preserve and link together decades. The first time that had been designate the 600-mile route stretching from sites along the trail. Moreover, this designation done in more than 30 years. We Rhode Island to Virginia traveled by Revolu- would preserve this important piece of Amer- achieved a great increase in energy ef- tionary War General George Washington and ica’s heritage using existing roads and rights ficiency. We wanted to make it more French General Count Rochambeau as a Na- of way—without the federal acquisition of pri- substantial. We wanted to go as high as tional Historic Trail, connecting the States of vate lands. 40 miles to a gallon, but the President Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Preservation of the Washington-Rocham- said he would veto anything like that. Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, beau route will allow American citizens and What else did we do? We moved to- and Virginia. The creation of this Trail will cel- visitors alike to gain a greater appreciation of wards creating tax incentives for the ebrate the Franco-American alliance and the the magnitude and improbability of the Amer- creation and purchase of other means victory of Generals Washington and Rocham- ican victory as well as the important and often of energy independence such as direct beau who faced seemingly insurmountable forgotten role our French allies played in se- and indirect solar energy, and we are odds. Importantly, H.R. 1286 will enable the curing American independence. Americans working very strong on trying to National Park Service to support groups, need a sense of history and an understanding achieve that, in spite of the fact that projects, and activities associated with the of history now more than ever. This trail tells the White House has said they are not trail’s preservation and interpretation. an important story in American history, and I in favor of it, they are opposed to that The Washington-Rochambeau Revolu- strongly urge my colleagues to join me in sup- and would veto that kind of legislation. tionary Route National Historic Trail Designa- porting this legislation. They say that we are not in favor of tion Act was introduced to ensure that this his- Mr. COURTNEY. Mr. Chairman, I rise today drilling for our own oil off our own tory, in all its rich detail, is not forgotten. Al- in support of the Washington-Rochambeau coast. Well, the fact of the matter is though we often remember the victory at York- Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail that we are not opposed to that at all. town, too often we lose sight of the heroic ef- Designation Act, a wonderful piece of legisla- We recognize that we now have more forts of two nations, two armies, and two great tion which will preserve both our country’s rich than 150,000 wells drilled on the land men that made it possible. During this historic history but also its unique environment. owned by the people of the United period the armies marched to Wilmington, In the spring of 1781, French General Ro- States of America on public land, some Delaware, where the bankrupt Continental chambeau and his army of nearly 5,300 men of it here on dry land in the lower 48 Army borrowed from Rochambeau to pay embarked on an expedition from Newport, States and up in Alaska, and the rest of American troops. This designation has the Rhode Island, to Yorktown, Virginia, to aid it offshore, mostly in the Gulf of Mex- strong support of many state, local, private, General George Washington and the Conti- ico. That’s what we understand. In ad- and public historic preservation groups and I nental Army in the American Revolutionary dition to that, we have 68 million acres urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle War. After traveling through Massachusetts, of land that has been also leased to to support its passage. Rhode Island, and Connecticut, General Ro- these major oil companies but because Mr. HOLT. Mr. Chairman, as a longtime co- chambeau joined forces with General Wash- they do not apparently want to sponsor, I rise in support of H.R. 1286, the ington in Philipsburg, New York, forming a

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SHORT TITLE. town, General Washington and the Continental ‘‘(D) LAND ACQUISITION.—The United States This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Washington-Ro- Army, with the aid of General Rochambeau shall not acquire for the trail any land or in- chambeau Revolutionary Route National His- and his men, secured a decisive victory terest in land— toric Trail Designation Act’’. against General Cornwallis, effectively igniting ‘‘(i) outside the exterior boundary of any SEC. 2. ADDITION TO NATIONAL SCENIC AND NA- a successful end to the American Revolu- federally managed area without the consent TIONAL HISTORIC TRAILS. of the owner of the land or interest in land; tionary War and laying the groundwork for the Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act creation of our new Nation. and (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by adding at the ‘‘(ii) acquired from a State or local govern- Mr. Chairman, the Newport to Yorktown end the following: ment if that land was acquired by such gov- route that General Washington and General ‘‘(ll) WASHINGTON-ROCHAMBEAU REVOLU- ernment through eminent domain.’’. Rochambeau led their forces through reflects TIONARY ROUTE NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Washington-Rocham- The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to an indispensible piece of American history. House Resolution 1317, the gentleman Today, we have an opportunity to preserve beau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail, a corridor of approximately 600 miles fol- from Utah (Mr. BISHOP) and a Member this historically and ecologically significant lowing the route taken by the armies of General opposed each will control 5 minutes. route by passing the Washington-Rocham- George Washington and Count Rochambeau be- The Chair recognizes the gentleman beau Revolutionary Route National Historic tween Newport, Rhode Island, and Yorktown, from Utah. Trail Designation Act. The legislation, intro- Virginia, in 1781 and 1782, as generally depicted Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Chairman, duced by my esteemed colleague, Represent- on the map titled ‘Washington-Rochambeau while this legislation prohibits the use ative MAURICE HINCHEY, will amend the Na- Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail’, of eminent domain by the Federal Gov- tional Trails System Act to designate the route numbered T01/80,001, and dated June, 2007. ‘‘(B) MAP.—The map referred to in subpara- ernment, it does not prohibit State or as a national historic trail. Under this legisla- graph (A) shall be on file and available for pub- local governments from doing the same tion, the Washington-Rochambeau Revolu- lic inspection in the appropriate offices of the thing, in essence doing the same dirty tionary Route National Historic Trail will pre- National Park Service. work. So my amendment is very simple serve a corridor approximately 600 miles long, ‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—The trail shall be ad- and clear. It prohibits the Secretary of from Newport to Yorktown in nine States and ministered by the Secretary of the Interior, in the Interior from accepting lands from the District of Columbia. The Washington-Ro- consultation with— State and local governments that were ‘‘(i) other Federal, State, tribal, regional, and chambeau Trail will include a section in my acquired through eminent domain to district in eastern Connecticut. local agencies; and ‘‘(ii) the private sector. expand this particular trail. During General Rochambeau’s journey to ‘‘(D) LAND ACQUISITION.—The United States We are talking about George Wash- Yorktown, communities in Connecticut served shall not acquire for the trail any land or inter- ington and the Revolution. I think it is an invaluable role with ensuring the success est in land outside the exterior boundary of any fitting to remember how strongly of General Rochambeau’s mission, supplying federally-managed area without the consent of George Washington felt about ensuring necessary supplies to his troops. In June of the owner of the land or interest in land.’’. private property and that his soldiers 1781, General Rochambeau and his men SEC. 3. ENERGY. respected the property of civilians, began their march through Connecticut before Nothing in the amendment made by section 2 even if they were a Tory sympathizer. joining forces with General Washington in of this Act shall prohibit or hinder the develop- He gave orders that forbid looting even Philipsburg, New York. In eastern Connecticut, ment, production, conveyance, or transmission of energy. though plunder was the norm of the the army established camps in Plainfield, time. And even though his men were SEC. 4. HUNTING, FISHING, TRAPPING, AND REC- Windham, and Bolton before arriving in Hart- REATIONAL SHOOTING. hungry and dressed in rags, it is re- ford. On the return trip, in October 1782, the Nothing in this Act shall be construed as af- markable that in so desperate a situa- Franco-American force again marched through fecting the authority, jurisdiction, or responsi- tion with such a noble cause for which the State after victory in Yorktown. In total, bility of the several States to manage, control, or he was fighting, he imposed on his side General Rochambeau’s army made 47 stops regulate fish and resident wildlife under State such a high standard of conduct and a in the State between the journey to and from law or regulations, including the regulation of high respect of individual priority Yorktown. The Washington-Rochambeau Trail hunting, fishing, trapping, and recreational property rights. will preserve these sites and educate resi- shooting. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as limiting access for hunting, fishing, trapping, In our world, the post-Kelo decision dents and visitors on the significance of this or recreational shooting. world, we cannot allow our constitu- piece of American history. ents to fall victim to any abuse of The Acting CHAIRMAN. No amend- Mr. Chairman, as urban sprawl continues to power from any level of government ment to that amendment in the nature threaten the integrity of this route, the passage that disproportionately attacks them, of a substitute is in order except those of this legislation is needed now more than sometimes even disproportionately at- printed in part B of the report. Each ever. Many of Connecticut’s avid historians tacks those on the lowest level of our amendment may be offered only in the and devout naturalists are anxious to cele- economic scales. brate the bill’s passage. As a cosponsor of order printed in the report; by a Mem- Mr. Chairman, I ask for a favorable this legislation, I ask my colleagues to join me ber designated in the report; shall be vote to an amendment that simply in voting in favor of the Washington-Rocham- considered read; shall be debatable for says that the Federal Government will beau Revolutionary Route National Historic the time specified in the report, equal- not accept land that is taken by emi- Trail Designation Act, to ensure this historic ly divided and controlled by the pro- nent domain. route is preserved for current and future gen- ponent and an opponent of the amend- I reserve the balance of my time. erations. ment; shall not be subject to amend- Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Chairman, I rise to Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Chairman, I yield ment; and shall not be subject to a de- speak on the amendment. back the balance of my time. mand for division of the question. The Acting CHAIRMAN. Without ob- The Acting CHAIRMAN. All time for AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MR. BISHOP OF jection, the gentleman from West Vir- general debate has expired. UTAH ginia is recognized for 5 minutes. Pursuant to the rule, the amendment The Acting CHAIRMAN. It is now in There was no objection. in the nature of a substitute printed in order to consider amendment No. 1 Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Chairman, this the bill, modified by the amendment printed in part B of House Report 110– amendment addresses a concern that is printed in part A of House Report 110– 744. truly far beyond the likely impact of 744, shall be considered as an original Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Chairman, this bill. The bill expressly limits Fed- bill for the purpose of amendment I have an amendment made in order eral condemnation of land for the trail under the 5-minute rule and shall be under the rule. which is all that should concern us considered read. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk here and the National Park Service. The text of the amendment in the na- will designate the amendment. This amendment seems to be based on ture of a substitute, as amended, is as The text of the amendment is as fol- the assumption that the Federal Gov- follows: lows: ernment in some smoke-filled back

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Pursuant to again, I find some difference in the reached an extreme level of detail here House Resolution 1317, the gentleman words that we hear on the House floor where we have to legislate out to the from New Mexico (Mr. PEARCE) and a and the words that are actually put far corners of what anybody might Member opposed each will control 5 into place by law when we vote. imagine might some day happen. But minutes. Additionally, there is a moratorium for the sake of argument, let’s say that The Chair recognizes the gentleman that limits 85 percent. We’re told that a State does decide to condemn land from New Mexico. the majority doesn’t mind offshore pro- and pay the owner for his property. Mr. PEARCE. Mr. Chairman, Amer- duction at all. Then go with us, sign a Such a decision will be up to the State ica is faced with an energy crisis today, letter, and let’s start producing just or local government acting in what and solutions have not been forth- around the area, just in that spot that unit of government believes to be coming under the current Speaker of where Cuba and China are drilling 47 the best interest of its citizens. Wheth- the House or her leadership. The ma- miles off the coast of Florida. We have er the State or local government subse- jority has failed in its effort to take prohibited it ourselves through a mora- quently conveys the land to the Fed- any meaningful action to increase the torium in producing this oil and gas. eral Government is irrelevant. domestic supply of energy for the So I would ask the leaders of the ma- And I might add, just for the record, American people. In a State like New jority party to go with me and sign on this is not a trail like the Appalachian Mexico, a very moderate income State, to this letter to take that one spot and Trail which cuts across country and probably $25 to $30,000 a year is the av- let’s allow American oil companies to private property, it is more a series of erage income, we find that the price of produce where we’re allowing the Chi- signs like those gray historic markers $4 gasoline is very difficult. nese to produce within our Outer Con- Last week in a story in the Albu- you see along roads all over the coun- tinental Shelf area. querque Journal, Associated Press My amendment today to this House try. Most of the route travels along talked about a young woman with can- bill 1286 simply says that as we create public highways and roads. No private cer who was being treated almost 200 this new trail system, we would like an landowner will be forced to let tourists miles from her home. The family had accounting for all of the energy assets on their land, and the NPS anticipates to suspend visits by her young children that are going to be affected by this no Federal acquisition at all. to visit her because of the price of gas- bill. It’s a very simple amendment. But nevertheless, in the spirit of bi- oline. Each day we’re finding these The majority has, in fact, got a partisan cooperation and all that I sorts of impairments in our daily living statement in the bill that says nothing have just said, we are willing to accept while the majority simply says, we’re will hinder, but too often we find that this amendment. We think that it is in favor of energy. we do not know what has been hindered unnecessary, but we are willing to ac- I was listening with interest to the and what has not been hindered. So our cept it. previous speaker, the gentleman from amendment is very simple. Let’s just I yield back the balance of my time. New York, and I would invite him to get a report from the Secretary of Inte- Mr. BISHOP of Utah. I yield back the sign on a letter that we will be pro- rior to tell us exactly what the stakes balance of my time. ducing today that would go from the are, which resources might be limited, The Acting CHAIRMAN. The ques- Speaker of the House to mention to which might be hindered, and it’s a tion is on the amendment offered by President Bush about those 68 million very straightforward amendment. the gentleman from Utah (Mr. BISHOP). acres of land that are not being used. I would appreciate if the majority The amendment was agreed to. Let’s remove, first of all, the regu- would understand the reasons for this AMENDMENT NO. 2 OFFERED BY MR. PEARCE latory burdens that are stopping that because we see every day that the The Acting CHAIRMAN. It is now in land from being used and produced. In American people are paying the price order to consider amendment No. 2 Utah alone, almost 1 million acres by for the majority’s opinion on energy. printed in part B of House Report 110– one office which is 7 years overdue in The opinion is that $4 gasoline is not 744. putting out the land management plan too high, that in fact $4 gasoline will Mr. PEARCE. Mr. Chairman, I offer that would allow people to move ahead. cause maybe a change within which we an amendment. Those are some of the acres that are conduct our business; we ought to be The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk moved from production that our converting to other forms of energy. will designate the amendment. friends talk about as if the greedy oil The problem is we don’t have wind The text of the amendment is as fol- companies are sitting out here purpose- cars, we don’t have solar cars, we have lows: fully withholding production knowing no nuclear cars. America is on an oil Amendment No. 2 offered by Mr. PEARCE: that at all-time record highs, every and gas economy. We drive oil and gas At the end of the bill, add the following: company is producing every amount of cars, and as long as we limit the sup- SEC. 4. ENERGY AND CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW. oil and gas that they can get to, and ply, we’re going to drive the price high- The Secretary of Interior, in consultation they simply kind of twist the facts er. with the Secretary of Energy and private in- around. It’s not American consumption. dustry, shall complete and submit to the So I would invite the gentleman to American consumption actually has re- Committee on Natural Resources of the sign on to that letter indicating his mained quite stable for the last 10 House of Representatives, the Committee on willingness to press the President of Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, years. It’s actually Chinese consump- and Senators and Representatives from the the United States to push the BLM tion. It’s consumption from those de- States affected by the designation, a report into getting these regulations out the veloping countries around the globe using the best available data and regarding door. that are pushing the price of oil higher. the energy resources available on the lands I would also be interested to see if Now, I did note with interest the and waters included in the Washington-Ro- the majority would recognize with us comments that the majority party had chambeau Revolutionary Route National their failure in December by removing done something for fuel efficiency. Ac- Historic Trail. The report shall— all shale oil from production. With one tually, the majority party did nothing (1) contain the best available description of simple sentence in a bill in December, for fuel efficiency. the energy resources available on the land the majority removed almost 2 trillion and report on the specific amount of energy I ask for support for the amendment. withdrawn from possible development; and barrels of shale oil from production, Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Chairman, I rise to (2) identify barrels of oil, cubic feet of nat- and again it tells me that maybe we speak on the amendment. ural gas, megawatts of geothermal, wind and have words on the House floor that dif- The Acting CHAIRMAN. Without ob- solar energy that could be commercially pro- fer from the words that are actually jection, the gentleman from West Vir- duced, annual available biomass for energy created in the votes. ginia is recognized for 5 minutes.

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Mr. Chairman, in eval- Camp (MI) Granger McCrery Scott (GA) Stark Walsh (NY) uating this amendment, I would ask Campbell (CA) Graves McDermott Scott (VA) Stearns Walz (MN) that Members first read section 3 of the Cannon Green, Al McGovern Sensenbrenner Stupak Wamp underlying bill which states, ‘‘Nothing Cantor Green, Gene McHenry Serrano Sullivan Wasserman Capito Grijalva McHugh Sessions Sutton Schultz in this Act shall prohibit or hinder the Capps Gutierrez McIntyre Sestak Tancredo Waters development, production, conveyance, Capuano Hall (NY) McKeon Shadegg Tanner Watson or transmission of energy.’’ So by its Cardoza Hall (TX) McMorris Shays Tauscher Watt own terms, H.R. 1286 will have no im- Carnahan Hare Rodgers Shea-Porter Taylor Weiner Carney Harman McNerney Sherman Terry Welch (VT) pact whatsoever on energy production. Carson Hastings (FL) McNulty Shimkus Thompson (CA) Weldon (FL) The Pearce amendment would re- Carter Hastings (WA) Meek (FL) Shuler Thompson (MS) Weller quire the Secretary to assess the im- Castle Hayes Meeks (NY) Shuster Thornberry Westmoreland Castor Heller Melancon Simpson Tiahrt Wexler pact this trail designation will have on Cazayoux Hensarling Mica Sires Tiberi Whitfield (KY) energy production. In other words, the Chabot Herger Michaud Skelton Tierney Wilson (NM) Pearce amendment would require the Chandler Herseth Sandlin Miller (FL) Slaughter Towns Wilson (OH) Smith (NE) Tsongas Wilson (SC) Secretary to study impacts that would Childers Higgins Miller (MI) Christensen Hinchey Miller (NC) Smith (NJ) Turner Wittman (VA) never exist. That’s similar to a require- Clarke Hinojosa Miller, Gary Smith (TX) Udall (CO) Wolf ment that the secretary study the Clay Hirono Miller, George Smith (WA) Udall (NM) Woolsey Tooth Fairy or the Easter Bunny. The Cleaver Hobson Mitchell Snyder Upton Wu Clyburn Hodes Mollohan Solis Van Hollen Yarmuth bill says there will be no impacts, so ´ Coble Hoekstra Moore (KS) Souder Velazquez Young (AK) studying them is impossible. Such a re- Cohen Holden Moore (WI) Space Visclosky Young (FL) port would read in its entirety, ‘‘We Cole (OK) Holt Moran (KS) NOT VOTING—15 find no impacts on energy production Conaway Honda Moran (VA) Cooper Hooley Murphy (CT) Andrews Fortenberry Pickering because the bill prohibits them.’’ Pe- Costa Hoyer Murphy, Patrick Boswell Fortun˜ o Pryce (OH) riod. The end. Costello Hunter Murphy, Tim Brown-Waite, Frelinghuysen Rush It is my hope that this amendment is Courtney Inglis (SC) Murtha Ginny Hill Waxman Conyers Hulshof simply a platform, and I think the Cramer Inslee Musgrave Crenshaw Israel Myrick Faleomavaega Marchant sponsor of it has already used it for Crowley Issa Nadler b 1449 that to restate some of their talking Cubin Jackson (IL) Napolitano points on energy production. It’s my Cuellar Jackson-Lee Neal (MA) Messrs. YARMUTH, WITTMAN of hope that no one could ever seriously Culberson (TX) Neugebauer Virginia, HOEKSTRA, HOYER, Cummings Jefferson Norton C suggest assessing the energy resources Davis (AL) Johnson (GA) Nunes HODES, M INTYRE, SOUDER and that might lie under George Washing- Davis (CA) Johnson (IL) Oberstar NADLER changed their vote from ‘‘no’’ ton’s front lawn. Davis (IL) Johnson, E. B. Obey to ‘‘aye.’’ Davis (KY) Johnson, Sam Olver So the amendment was agreed to. The first part of this amendment is Davis, David Jones (NC) Ortiz completely unnecessary because the Davis, Lincoln Jones (OH) Pallone The result of the vote was announced underlying language in the bill makes Davis, Tom Jordan Pascrell as above recorded. impacts on energy production a non- Deal (GA) Kagen Pastor The Acting CHAIRMAN. The ques- DeFazio Kanjorski Paul tion is on the amendment in the nature issue. The second part of this amend- DeGette Kaptur Payne ment contemplates oil rigs and wind Delahunt Keller Pearce of a substitute, as amended. farms in places that we would never DeLauro Kennedy Pence The amendment in the nature of a allow them to be built. Dent Kildee Perlmutter substitute, as amended, was agreed to. Diaz-Balart, L. Kilpatrick Peterson (MN) So once again, as with the previous The Acting CHAIRMAN. Under the Diaz-Balart, M. Kind Peterson (PA) rule, the Committee rises. amendment, this amendment is not Dicks King (IA) Petri Accordingly, the Committee rose; necessary. Therefore, I will not object Dingell King (NY) Pitts Doggett Kingston Platts and the Speaker pro tempore (Mrs. to it. Donnelly Kirk Poe TAUSCHER) having assumed the chair, I yield back the balance of my time. Doolittle Klein (FL) Pomeroy Mr. SALAZAR, Acting Chairman of the The Acting CHAIRMAN. The ques- Doyle Kline (MN) Porter Drake Knollenberg Price (GA) Committee of the Whole House on the tion is on the amendment offered by Dreier Kucinich Price (NC) state of the Union, reported that that the gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Duncan Kuhl (NY) Putnam Committee, having had under consider- PEARCE). Edwards (MD) LaHood Radanovich ation the bill (H.R. 1286) to amend the The question was taken; and the Act- Edwards (TX) Lamborn Rahall Ehlers Lampson Ramstad National Trails System Act to des- ing Chairman announced that the ayes Ellison Langevin Rangel ignate the Washington-Rochambeau appeared to have it. Ellsworth Larsen (WA) Regula Emanuel Larson (CT) Rehberg Revolutionary Route National Historic RECORDED VOTE Emerson Latham Reichert Trail, pursuant to House Resolution Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Chairman, I de- Engel LaTourette Renzi 1317, he reported the bill back to the mand a recorded vote. English (PA) Latta Reyes Eshoo Lee Reynolds House with an amendment adopted by A recorded vote was ordered. Etheridge Levin Richardson the Committee of the Whole. The vote was taken by electronic de- Everett Lewis (CA) Rodriguez The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under vice, and there were—ayes 424, noes 0, Fallin Lewis (GA) Rogers (AL) the rule, the previous question is or- Farr Lewis (KY) Rogers (KY) not voting 15, as follows: Fattah Linder Rogers (MI) dered. [Roll No. 482] Feeney Lipinski Rohrabacher f Ferguson LoBiondo Ros-Lehtinen AYES—424 Filner Loebsack Roskam PERMISSION TO CONSIDER AS Abercrombie Bean Boozman Flake Lofgren, Zoe Ross ADOPTED MOTIONS TO SUSPEND Ackerman Becerra Bordallo Forbes Lowey Rothman THE RULES Aderholt Berkley Boren Fossella Lucas Roybal-Allard Akin Berman Boucher Foster Lungren, Daniel Royce Mr. RAHALL. Madam Speaker, I ask Alexander Berry Boustany Foxx E. Ruppersberger unanimous consent that the motions to Allen Biggert Boyd (FL) Frank (MA) Lynch Ryan (OH) Altmire Bilbray Boyda (KS) Franks (AZ) Mack Ryan (WI) suspend the rules relating to the fol- Arcuri Bilirakis Brady (PA) Gallegly Mahoney (FL) Salazar lowing measures be considered as Baca Bishop (GA) Brady (TX) Garrett (NJ) Maloney (NY) Sali adopted in the form considered by the Bachmann Bishop (NY) Braley (IA) Gerlach Manzullo Sa´ nchez, Linda Bachus Bishop (UT) Broun (GA) Giffords Markey T. House on Wednesday, July 9, 2008: Baird Blackburn Brown (SC) Gilchrest Marshall Sanchez, Loretta House Resolution 1313, and House Baldwin Blumenauer Brown, Corrine Gillibrand Matheson Sarbanes Resolution 1315. Barrett (SC) Blunt Buchanan Gingrey Matsui Saxton The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Barrow Boehner Burgess Gohmert McCarthy (CA) Scalise Bartlett (MD) Bonner Burton (IN) Gonzalez McCarthy (NY) Schakowsky objection to the request of the gen- Barton (TX) Bono Mack Butterfield Goode McCaul (TX) Schiff tleman from West Virginia?

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