[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2515]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 REAUTHORIZE SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT

  (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I too rise on the issue of the Secure Rural 
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act. As my colleague from 
Oregon just stated, this is a crisis. This is an economic, social and 
public safety crisis if these funds are not reauthorized. They are now 
preparing layoff notices for teachers in rural school districts, for 
deputy sheriffs in search and rescue, for people who maintain our 
critical road and highway infrastructure in the western and other 
States across the country.
  This Congress must act, and soon, to keep faith with the counties and 
the school districts where the Federal Government owns a preponderance 
of the land and has changed forest policies and has dropped their 
revenues dramatically.

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