[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 15, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H3161-H3162]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            TAYLOR-DICKS EMERGENCY TIMBER SALVAGE AMENDMENT

  (Mr. HERGER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
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[[Page H3162]] minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HERGER. Mr. Speaker, severe storms and floods have recently 
ravaged my home State of California, destroying entire communities and 
claiming over a dozen lives.
  If flood prevention measures had been available to avoid this 
catastrophe at no cost to our taxpayers, every Member of Congress would 
have endorsed them. Mr. Speaker, next summer our Nation will face 
forest fires as destructive as our recent floods. If unchecked, these 
fire storms will incinerate public resources, homes, and people. 
Fortunately, the Taylor-Dicks emergency timber salvage amendment to the 
supplemental appropriations bill before the House today provides 
national wildfire protection through the removal of deadly natural 
fuels from our forests--at no cost to our taxpayers.
  This is a deal that Americans and Congress simply cannot pass up. I 
strongly urge my colleagues to support this timely and tax-free 
legislation.


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