Committee Hearings, Providing Permanent and Mandatory Funding
for Conservation Programs through the Conservation and Reinvestment Act and
Related Legislation
This page contains testimony given before Congressional committees related
to this issue. Note that many organizations giving testimony before committees
also have statements and information available on their own webpages. That material
is available under organizational statements.
This page contains all abstracts from hearings, but only selected transcripts
released electronically by the relevant committee.
Abstracts:
Testimony:
- Mike
Dombeck - Forest Service, House Agriculture Committee, Department Operations,
Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittee, 3/8/00
- James
Lyons - Department of Agriculture, House Agriculture Committee, Department
Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittee, 3/8/00
- Dan
Glickman - Department of Agriculture, House Appropriations Committee, Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee,
2/10/99
- Dan
Glickman - Department of Agriculture, House Appropriations Committee, Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee,
2/16/99
- James
R. Lyons - Department of Agriculture, House Appropriations Committee, Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee,
2/24/99
- James
R. Lyons - Department of Agriculture, House Appropriations Committee, Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee,
3/2/00
- Keith
Kelly - Farm Service Agency, House Appropriations Committee, Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee,
3/9/00
- James
Lyons - Department of Agriculture, House Appropriations Committee, Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee,
3/9/00
- D.
James Baker - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, House Appropriations
Committee, Commerce Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee, 4/15/99
- Sen.
Harold Rogers, House Appropriations Committee, Commerce Justice, State, and
the Judiciary Subcommittee, 4/15/99
- William
M. Daley - Department of Commerce, House Appropriations Committee, Commerce
Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee, 3/1/00
- D.
James Baker - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, House Appropriations
Committee, Commerce Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee, 4/6/00
- Bruce
Babbitt - Department of the Interior, House Appropriations Committee, Energy
and Water Development Subcommittee, 4/25/99
- Bruce
Babbitt - Department of the Interior, House Appropriations Committee, Energy
and Water Development Subcommittee, 4/4/00
- Bruce
Babbitt - Department of the Interior, House Appropriations Committee, Interior
and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 2/24/99
- Tom
Fry - Department of the Interior, House Appropriations Committee, Interior
and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 3/4/99
- Jamie
Rappaport Clark - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, House Appropriations Committee,
Interior and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 3/9/99
- Mike
Dombeck - Forest Service, House Appropriations Committee, Interior and Related
Agencies Subcommittee, 3/9/99
- Mike
Dombeck - Forest Service, House Appropriations Committee, Interior and Related
Agencies Subcommittee, 3/10/99
- James
R. Lyons - Department of Agriculture, House Appropriations Committee, Interior
and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 3/10/99
- Randall
D. Snodgrass - World Wildlife Fund, House Appropriations Committee, Interior
and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 4/13/99
- Jamie
Rappaport Clark - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, House Appropriations Committee,
Interior and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 2/15/00
- Bruce
Babbitt - Department of the Interior, House Appropriations Committee, Interior
and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 2/29/00
- Jamie
Rappaport Clark - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, House Appropriations Committee,
Interior and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 3/2/00
- Robert
G. Stanton - National Park Service, House Appropriations Committee, Interior
and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 3/17/00
- Mike
Dombeck - Forest Service, House Appropriations Committee, Interior and Related
Agencies Subcommittee, 3/22/00
- James
Lyons - Department of Agriculture, House Appropriations Committee, Interior
and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 3/22/00
- Robert
G. Stanton - National Park Service, House Appropriations Committee, Interior
and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 3/29/00
- Bruce
Babbitt - Department of the Interior, House Appropriations Committee, Interior
and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 4/5/00
- Mary
Beth Beetham - Defenders of Wildlife, House Appropriations Committee, Interior
and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 4/6/00
- Richard
Moe - Historic Preservation Fund, House Appropriations Committee, Interior
and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 4/6/00
- Jacob
J. Lew - Office of Management and Budget, House Budget Committee, 2/3/99
- Jacob
J. Lew - Office of Management and Budget, House Budget Committee, 2/8/00
- Jamie
Rappaport Clark - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, House Resources Committee,
3/4/99
- Jack
C. Caldwell - Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, House Resources Committee,
3/9/99
- Bernadette
Castro - National Association of State Outdoor Recreation Liaison Officers,
House Resources Committee, 3/9/99
- Paul
W. Hansen - Izaak Walton League of America, House Resources Committee, 3/9/99
- Edward
Norton - National Trust for Historic Preservation, House Resources Committee,
3/9/99
- David
Waller - International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, House Resources
Committee, 3/9/99
- Rep.
Don Young, House Resources Committee, 3/9/99
- Thomas
R. Carper - National Governors' Association, House Resources Committee, 3/10/99
- Sarah
Chasis - Natural Resources Defense Council, House Resources Committee, 3/10/99
- Dave
C. Cobb - Valdez, AK, House Resources Committee, 3/10/99
- Thomas
J. Cove - Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, House Resources Committee,
3/10/99
- Mark
Davis - Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, House Resources Committee,
3/10/99
- Alan
Front - Trust for Public Land, House Resources Committee, 3/10/99
- Javier
Gonzales - National Association of Counties, House Resources Committee, 3/10/99
- Ron
Marlenee - Safari Club International, House Resources Committee, 3/10/99
- Kevin
Paap - Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation, House Resources Committee, 3/10/99
- Pietro
Parravano - Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations, House Resources
Committee, 3/10/99
- Mark
L. Shaffer - Defenders of Wildlife, House Resources Committee, 3/10/99
- Mark
Van Putten - National Wildlife Federation, House Resources Committee, 3/10/99
- Malcolm
Wallop - Frontiers of Freedom, House Resources Committee, 3/10/99
- Grover
G. Norquist - Americans for Tax Reform, House Resources Committee, 3/11/99
- Steven
J. Shimberg - National Wildlife Federation, House Resources Committee, 4/14/99
- Hunt
Downer - Louisiana House of Representatives, House Resources Committee, 5/3/99
- Randy
L. Ewing - Louisiana State Senate, House Resources Committee, 5/3/99
- Murphy
J. "Mike" Foster - State of Louisiana, House Resources Committee,
5/3/99
- Barry
Kohl - Louisiana Audubon Council, House Resources Committee, 5/3/99
- Benny
Rousselle - Plaquemines Parish, House Resources Committee, 5/3/99
- William
Clifford Smith, House Resources Committee, 5/3/99
- Daniel
Snyder - Oaklawn Junior High, House Resources Committee, 5/3/99
- Alan
Wentz - Ducks Unlimited, Inc., House Resources Committee, 5/3/99
- Joseph
W. Westphal - Army Corp of Engineers, House Resources Committee, 5/3/99
- Rep.
Don Young, House Resources Committee, 7/20/99
- Rep.
Don Young, House Resources Committee, 1/24/00
- Robert
Irvin - Center for Marine Conservation, House Resources Committee, 2/2/00
- Steven
J. Shimberg - National Wildlife Federation, House Resources Committee, 2/2/00
- Jamie
Rappaport Clark - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, House Resources Committee,
3/1/00
- Marc
Racicot - Western Governors' Association, House Resources Committee, 3/1/00
- Rep.
Barbara Cubin, House Resources Committee, Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee,
3/16/00
- P.
Patrick Leahy - Department of the Interior, House Resources Committee, Energy
and Mineral Resources Subcommittee, 3/16/00
- Robert
McDowell - International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, House
Resources Committee, Fisheries, Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans Subcommittee,
2/11/99
- Terry
Garcia - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, House Resources
Committee, Fisheries, Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans Subcommittee, 2/25/99
- James
Baker - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, House Resources Committee,
Fisheries, Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans Subcommittee, 3/18/99
- Sally
Yozell - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , House Resources
Committee, Fisheries, Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans Subcommittee, 5/6/99
- Jamie
Rappaport Clark - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, House Resources Committee,
Fisheries, Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans Subcommittee, 3/23/00
- D.
James Baker - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, House Resources
Committee, Fisheries, Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans Subcommittee, 3/28/00
- Rep.
Mike Thompson, House Resources Committee, Fisheries, Conservation, Wildlife,
and Oceans Subcommittee, 5/18/00
- Ted
I. Lillestolen - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , House Resources
Committee, Fisheries, Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans Subcommittee, 6/8/00
- Gary
J. Taylor - Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, House Resources Committee,
Fisheries, Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans Subcommittee, 6/15/00
- David
Waller - International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, House Resources
Committee, Fisheries, Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans Subcommittee, 7/20/00
- Rep.
Helen Chenoweth, House Resources Committee, Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee,
2/23/99
- Mike
Dombeck - Forest Service, House Resources Committee, Forests and Forest Health
Subcommittee, 2/23/99
- James
R. Lyons - Department of Agriculture, House Resources Committee, Forests and
Forest Health Subcommittee, 2/23/99
- Daniel
H. Pletscher - University of Montana, House Resources Committee, Forests and
Forest Health Subcommittee, 7/22/99
- Edward
W. Moreland - American Motorcyclist Association, House Resources Committee,
Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee, 4/4/00
- Sally
Yozell - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , House Transportation
and Infrastructure Committee, Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee,
7/13/99
- Lawrence H.
Summers - Treasury Department, House Ways and Means Committee, 2/9/00
- Dan
Glickman - Department of Agriculture, Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Committee, 2/24/99
- Richard
Rominger - Department of Agriculture, Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Committee, 7/21/99
- Mary
Heinricht - American Farmland Trust, Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Committee, 9/18/00
- Danny
Sells - Department of Agriculture, Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Committee, 9/18/00
- Dan
Glickman - Department of Agriculture, Senate Appropriations Committee, Agriculture,
Rural Development and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 2/10/00
- Keith
Kelly - Farm Service Agency, Senate Appropriations Committee, Agriculture,
Rural Development and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 2/29/00
- August
Schumacher, Jr. - Department of Agriculture, Senate Appropriations Committee,
Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 2/29/00
- D.
James Baker - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Senate Appropriations
Committee, Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee, 3/19/99
- William
M. Daley - Department of Commerce, Senate Appropriations Committee, Commerce,
Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee, 2/24/00
- Dan
Glickman - Department of Agriculture, Senate Appropriations Committee, Interior
and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 3/10/99
- Mike
Dombeck - Forest Service, Senate Appropriations Committee, Interior and Related
Agencies Subcommittee, 4/15/99
- James
R. Lyons - Department of Agriculture, Senate Appropriations Committee, Interior
and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 4/15/99
- Bruce
Babbitt - Department of the Interior, Senate Appropriations Committee, Interior
and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 4/22/99
- Jacob
J. Lew - Office of Management and Budget, Senate Budget Committee, 3/9/99
- Jacob
J. Lew - Office of Management and Budget, Senate Budget Committee, 2/9/00
- Sarah
Cooksey - Coastal States Organization, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Committee, Oceans and Fisheries Subcommittee, 5/6/99
- Terry
Garcia - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Senate Commerce,
Science, and Transportation Committee, Oceans and Fisheries Subcommittee,
5/6/99
- Michael
S. Connor - New England Aquarium, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Committee, Oceans and Fisheries Subcommittee, 6/30/99
- Sally
Yozell - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Senate Commerce,
Science, and Transportation Committee, Oceans and Fisheries Subcommittee,
6/30/99
- Sen.
Frank Murkowski, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, 1/27/99
- Donald
F. Oltz, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, 1/27/99
- James
I. Palmer, Jr. - Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Senate Energy
and Natural Resources Committee, 1/27/99
- Mark
Van Putten - National Wildlife Federation, Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Committee, 1/27/99
- Jim
Whitaker - Alaska State House, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee,
1/27/99
- Sen.
Craig Thomas, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, 2/24/99
- Mike
Dombeck - Forest Service, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, 2/25/99
- Dan
Glickman - Department of Agriculture, Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Committee, 2/25/99
- Mike
Dombeck - Forest Service, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, 2/29/00
- Bruce
Babbitt - Department of the Interior, Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Committee, 3/2/99
- Sen.
Frank Murkowski, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, 3/2/99
- Judith
Bittner - National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, Senate
Energy and Natural Resources Committee, 4/20/99
- Bernadette
Castro - National Association of State Outdoor Recreation Liaison Officers,
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, 4/20/99
- Dianne
A. Curry - National Recreation and Park Association, Senate Energy and Natural
Resources Committee, 4/20/99
- Chuck
Cushman - American Land Rights Association, Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Committee, 4/20/99
- Alan Front
- Trust for Public Land, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, 4/20/99
- Jane Hague
- National Association of Counties, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee,
4/20/99
- Sen.
Frank Murkowski, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, 4/20/99
- Theodore
Roosevelt, IV, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, 4/20/99
- Robert
J. Smith - Competitive Enterprise Institute, Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Committee, 4/20/99
- Hank
Steinbrecher - U.S. Soccer Foundation, Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Committee, 4/20/99
- Bruce
Vincent - People for the USA, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee,
4/20/99
- Mark Davis
- Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Committee, 4/27/99
- Allison
Defoor - State of Florida, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee,
4/27/99
- Ralph
Grossi - American Farmland Trust, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee,
4/27/99
- Paul L.
Kelly - Rowan Companies, Inc., Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee,
4/27/99
- John
A. Kitzhaber - State of Oregon, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee,
4/27/99
- Elliot
L. Marks - Nature Conservancy, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee,
4/27/99
- Lisa Speer
- Natural Resources Defense Council, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee,
4/27/99
- Christie
Todd Whitman - State of New Jersey, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee,
4/27/99
- Sen.
Max Cleland, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, 5/4/99
- Dennis
J. Foster - Masters of Foxhounds Association of America, Senate Energy and
Natural Resources Committee, 5/4/99
- Ron
Marlenee - Safari Club International, Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Committee, 5/4/99
- Mark
L. Shaffer - Defenders of Wildlife, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee,
5/4/99
- Mark
Van Putten - National Wildlife Federation, Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Committee, 5/4/99
- David
Waller - International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Senate Energy
and Natural Resources Committee, 5/4/99
- Malcolm
Wallop - Frontiers of Freedom, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee,
5/4/99
- George
T. Frampton, Jr. - Council on Environmental Quality, Senate Energy and Natural
Resources Committee, 5/11/99
- Sen.
Frank Murkowski, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, 5/11/99
- James
Lyons - Department of Agriculture, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee,
2/29/00
- Bruce
Babbitt - Department of the Interior, Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Committee, 3/1/00
- Bruce
Babbitt - Department of the Interior, Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Committee, 3/8/00
- Carol
W. Lagrasse - Property Rights Foundation of America, Inc., Senate Energy and
Natural Resources Committee, Publics Lands and Forests Subcommittee, 5/26/99
- Robert
Lewis, Jr. - Department of Agriculture, Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Committee, Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee, 9/30/99
- Sen.
Larry Craig, et al., Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Public
Lands and Forests Subcommittee, 9/15/00
- Gerald
J. Gray - American Forests, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee,
Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee, 5/4/00
- Robert
G. Stanton - National Park Service, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee,
National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation Subcommittee, 2/24/99
- Denis
P. Galvin - National Park Service, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee,
National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation Subcommittee, 2/29/00
- Sen.
Craig Thomas, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, National Parks,
Historic Preservation, and Recreation Subcommittee, 2/29/00
- Andrew
J. Falender - Appalachian Mountain Club, Senate Environment and Public Works
Committee, 3/18/99
- Sen.
Dianne Feinstein, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, 3/18/99
- David
Hayes - Department of the Interior, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee,
3/18/99
- Sen.
Mary L. Landrieu, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, 3/18/99
- R.
Max Peterson - International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Senate
Environment and Public Works Committee, 3/18/99
- Sen. Barbara
Boxer, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, 5/24/00
- Rep.
Helen Chenoweth-Hage, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, 5/24/00
- Jamie
Rappaport Clark - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Senate Environment and Public
Works Committee, 5/24/00
- Thomas
M. Franklin - Wildlife Society, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee,
5/24/00
- Sen.
Frank R. Lautenberg, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, 5/24/00
- Rep.
George Miller, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, 5/24/00
- Ted Miller
- Pulp and Paperworkers Resource Council, Senate Environment and Public Works
Committee, 5/24/00
- Charles
R. Niebling - Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, Senate
Environment and Public Works Committee, 5/24/00
- Rep.
John Shadegg, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, 5/24/00
- Sen.
Robert Smith, et al.,, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, 5/24/00
- Sen.
Craig Thomas, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, 5/24/00
- Wayne
E. Vetter - Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Senate Environment
and Public Works Committee, 5/24/00
- Bobby
Whitefeather - Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians Tribal Council, Senate Environment
and Public Works Committee, 5/24/00
- Jamie
Rappaport Clark - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Senate Environment and Public
Works Committee, Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water Subcommittee, 11/3/99
- Susan
R. Lamson - National Rifle Association, Senate Environment and Public Works
Committee, Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water Subcommittee, 7/19/00
- Sen.
George V. Voinovich, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Transportation
and Infrastructure Subcommittee, 5/16/00
- Lawrence
H. Summers - Treasury Department, Senate Finance Committee, 2/8/00
- Samuel
R. Staly - Public Policy Institute, Senate Finance Committee, Taxation and
Internal Revenue Service Oversight Subcommittee, 7/25/00
- Tommy
G. Thompson - State of Wisconsin, Senate Government Affairs Committee, 5/5/99