It doesn't wash. It is wrong. This is not government of the 

 people. This is a trampUng government. 



If you think I am a little upset, Mr. Chairman, if you want to 

 solve this problem you will take the one percent. Otherwise you 

 are not going to solve it. We talk about working a solution here. 

 This is wrong. This is a glaring error to the American people, espe- 

 cially my Alaskans. Now we have a bill and we are going to pass 

 that bill. We will take care of this administration. 



Mr. Chairman, I am disgusted with this group, the task force, the 

 agencies, trampling on us. This is not America, Mr. Chairman. This 

 is a government out of hand. You took a body of land, we did in 

 1971, 44 million acres, and gave it to my Alaskan natives and now 

 you are telling them they can't develop or use their land. 



God, what have we come to? If you want this problem solved, you 

 better take care of Alaska first. If you don't want it solved you 

 leave us under the type of thing that came out of this legislation. I 

 will guarantee you, you will not have any legislation. 



Mr. Studds. For those of us who have not been here before, this 

 is a relatively mellow day. You should not be alarmed with the 

 Alaskan's side's five minutes. 



Are there opening statements on the Democratic side? The gent- 

 lelady from Oregon. 



STATEMENT OF HON. ELIZABETH FURSE, A U.S. 

 REPRESENTATIVE FROM OREGON 



Ms. FuRSE. I am pleased the administration has come forward 

 with a national policy on wetlands. We need a rational and nation- 

 al policy to coordinate the agencies that oversee wetlands. We also 

 need a policy that will allow private property owners to plan for 

 their future and that will give States and Federal agencies the op- 

 portunity to protect our vital wetlands. 



The salmon which, as you know, are so important to my district 

 rely on healthy wetlands for their survivals. I look forward to your 

 legislation. 



Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Studds. Are there any further opening statements from the 

 Republican side? 



Mr. Taylor. I have one, but I will yield. 



Mr. Weldon. I will place mine in the record. 



Mr. Studds. The gentleman from North Carolina. 



STATEMENT OF HON. CHARLES H. TAYLOR, A U.S. 

 REPRESENTATIVE FROM NORTH CAROLINA 



Mr. Taylor. Mr. Chairman, I will be brief. We have been experi- 

 encing wetland problems in our State of North Carolina. We 

 thought "wetlands" was really two words, "wet" "lands". It has 

 turned out that dry lands may also be considered wetlands. This 

 shows once again to our folks that the depth of dumb cannot be 

 fathomed in Washington. 



One of our folks had a suggestion. If the ordinary Federal bu- 

 reaucrat is standing in it and doesn't know it, then it ain't it. It 

 might be a rule we can apply. 



