[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 34 (Thursday, February 23, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2073]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                   IN SUPPORT OF THE CONDIT AMENDMENT

  (Mr. BONILLA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BONILLA. Mr. Speaker, today we have an opportunity to better the 
lives of millions of Americans by passing the Condit amendment and 
putting a stop to the abuses of the Endangered Species Act. The Condit 
amendment should actually be called the Condit-Smith-Combest-Bonilla-
Edwards amendment because it has been a good bipartisan effort to move 
this amendment forward once and for all putting a moratorium on the 
listing of endangered species in critical habitat in this country.
  Too many times in this country we have seen development of 
constructions of hospitals stop because of the designation of a fly on 
the endangered species list. We have seen homes being torn down in some 
cases. You cannot even clear brush on your property anymore because the 
radical left wing environmentalists in this country think a rat might 
be living in your bushes and, therefore, do not give you an opportunity 
to do what you want on your property.
  This is a vote for property rights, a vote for restoring some of the 
basic free enterprise values in this country that we hold dearly.
  Vote for the Condit amendment today.

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