escambia, florida was given authority to transfer but could not issue title to that land.ounty began leasing fees to individuals. in the years since 1947, pensacola beach has grown into a fine tourist destinations. they seek to allow local authorities to have taxes. local stakeholders including both boards of commissioners asked me to introduce this piece of legislation. mr. chairman, this is a fairness issue. it will allow lease holders the option of obtaining fee simple title to their property while also protecting current agreements governing conservation, preservation, public access and recreation. additionally, the bill would ease management of the island by conveying certain land currently owned by escambia county to santa rosa county. it does not address property taxes but permits lease holders to obtain title to their property so lease holders and local governments can address any local tax issues that may arise in the future. contrary to a statement released by the white house yesterday, this bill does not remove any protections from santa rosa island but restates

the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill h.r. 2954, to authorize escambia county, florida, to convey certain property that was formerly part of santa rosa island national monument and that was conveyed to escambia county subject to restrictions on use and reconveyance. the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. general debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on natural resources. after general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. it shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of rules committee print 113-35. that amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. all points of order against that amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived. no amendment to that amendment in the

several other young men and women, is currently in training to be a correctional officer through the escambianing center located adjacent to santa rosa. >> if you can use a can of bug spray to kill a wasp or roach, then you can use pepper spray to spray a person. >> pepper spray is the only weapon most correctional officers carry when on duty. >> just a little bit. get it on the forehead, get it in the eyes. that's all you have to do. >> but when it is used to break up a disturbance, the officers themselves are often exposed to its effects. yet, they must continue to gain the upper hand. today's drill will test their ability to do so. >> we are going to be doing a direct exposure on all of the people in the class to pepper spray, and they have some tasks they have to perform after they've been sprayed and then they'll decontaminate. you have got to maintain control of yourself throughout the whole course. that's the whole thing, control. control, control, control. you can all get through this. we have not lost anybody yet. everybody's gone through it, everybody's done fine. >> now with his fa

. >> the investigation began last week when the escambia sheriff office and state attorney noticed missingain pills from the evidence room. instead, the drugs were replaced with over-the-counter medication. florida's attorney general said the situation underlies the extent of prescription drug abuse in the united states. our bottle in florida has been very successful over the last three years. i will not tolerate any actions ta compromise our continued success in ridding our state of this problem. >> not all of the 2600 cases were drug related. they will all be reviewed to make sure the chemist didn't allegedly tamper with any other evidence. law enforcement officials tell me he has been removed from duty and hired an attorney. charges are pending. nick valencia, cnn, atlanta. >>> bring back in mark o'mara from florida. this just gets my blood boiling. imagine the hundreds of thousands and millions in fact of dollars that have been spent in those prosecutions. one quick question for you. is it possible that serious bad guys could be released from jail or prison so that their cases can be r

the land in country in escambia, florida, anchorage alaska, cape hatteras, yellowstone and grand teaton, the land impacted by this package is federal land owned by each and every american taxpayer. in the case of these land transfers, the federal government gave the land and gave it to a local community and the only requirement in most cases was that the land always be used for public purposes. as long as it's a park or a school or a fire station, it's yours, for free. what these bills do is end those public purpose requirements. the communities want to use these lands for private profit and close them to the public in many cases. this is not a land grab by uncle sam or silly scheme to harm local communities and to use their power to hold down the taxpayers and keep the public out. this is a community asking to make money off land that was owned by all americans and it is the job of congress to decide if that is a good idea or not. and let's put one other misleading claim to rest. while republicans claim the federal government owns too much land, the historic trend has been one of dives