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tipton? mr. tipton, no. >> mr. sutherland, no. >> mr. crawford, no. >> mr. crawford, no. [ inaudible ] mr. gibson? >> mr. gibson, no. >> mr. hol green, no. >> mr. hol green no. >> mr. schilling? >> no. >> mr. ribbel? no. mr. peterson, mr. peterson, no. >> mr. holden? no. >> mr. holden, no. >> mr. mcintyre? >> no. >> mr. bosswell, yes. >> mr. bosswell, yes. >> mr. baca. >> yes. >> mr. baca, yes. mr. cardoza. >> yes. >> mr. cardoza, yes. >> mr. david scott, yes. >> mr. david scott, yes. mr. kwaar, yes. >> mr. costa? >> yes. >> mr. costa, yes. mr. wallace? >> yes. >> mr. wallace, yes. mr. schrader? >> no. >> mr. schrader no. >> mr. kissel? >> yes. >> mr. kissel, yes. >> mr. owens? >> mr. owens no. mrs. pingry? >> yes. >> mr. pingry, yes. >> mr. courtney? >> yes. >> mr. courtney, yes. >> miss fudge? >> yes. >> miss fudge, yes. >> mr. sublime. >> yes. >> mr. sublime, yes. >> miss sewell? >> yes. >> miss sewell, yes. >> mr. nagbower? >> no. >> mr. nagbower, no. mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. >> makes sense. >> mr. chairman, the vote is 15 yeas to 31 nay
tipton? mr. tipton, no. >> mr. sutherland, no. >> mr. crawford, no. >> mr. crawford, no. [ inaudible ] mr. gibson? >> mr. gibson, no. >> mr. hol green, no. >> mr. hol green no. >> mr. schilling? >> no. >> mr. ribbel? no. mr. peterson, mr. peterson, no. >> mr. holden? no. >> mr. holden, no. >> mr. mcintyre? >> no. >> mr. bosswell, yes. >> mr. bosswell, yes. >> mr. baca. >> yes. >> mr....
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tipton? >> no. >> mr. tipton, no. >> mr. sutherland? >> aye. >> mr. sutherland, aye. >> mr. crawford? >> no. >> mr. crawford, no. >> mr. hillscamp? >> aye. >> mrs. elmers? >> aye. >> mrs. elmers, aye. >> mr. gibson? >> no. >> mr. gibson, no. >> mr. partsler? >> aye. >> mr. schilling? >> aye. >> mr. schilling, aye. >> mr. rible? >> aye. >> mr. peerson? >> no. >> mr. pearson, no. >> mr. hullen? >> mr. mcintyre? >> no. >> mr. mcintyre, no. >> mr. boswell? >> no. >> mr. bosswell no. >> mr. david scott? >> no. >> mr. david scott, no. >> mr. costa? >> no. >> mr. costa, no. >> mr. walls? >> no. >> mr. walls, no. >> mr. schrader? >> no. >> mr. schrader no. >> mr. kissel? >> no. >> mr. owens? >> no. >> ms. pinkry? >> no. >> mr. courtney? >> no. >> mr. welch? >> no. >> ms. budge? >> no. >> mrs. suel? >> no. >> mr. mcgovern? >> no. >> mr. mcgovern, no. >> mr. johnson? >> yes. >> mr. johnson, yes. >> mr. thompson? mr. hold en? mr. cherraichairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. mr. chairman, the vote is 17 yeahs and 27 nays. >> are there any other amendments? >> thank you very much mr. cha
tipton? >> no. >> mr. tipton, no. >> mr. sutherland? >> aye. >> mr. sutherland, aye. >> mr. crawford? >> no. >> mr. crawford, no. >> mr. hillscamp? >> aye. >> mrs. elmers? >> aye. >> mrs. elmers, aye. >> mr. gibson? >> no. >> mr. gibson, no. >> mr. partsler? >> aye. >> mr. schilling? >> aye. >> mr. schilling, aye. >> mr. rible? >> aye. >> mr. peerson?...
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tipton. we have several witnesses who have traveled great distances and i'm aware of your travel plans going back home, so i'm going to get you done in time. some of the witnesses are addressing all three bills and some only one bill. i'm going to make sure we do those who want to address all three bills at the same time. let me invite mary binder from the florida surveys, add robber san fran blm and department of carrier addressing all three bills. can i also invite. this is wearing make the change here. this is my second panel. commissioner gives from summit county colorado, joseph -- about my classes here. romm, from the center of american progress, you all speak in three bills. and also let me invite hank kashdan from the national association of service retirees. and tom jankovsky from commission in colorado. you're the first panel. i was excited when i saw garfield in summit county. then i realized this was in colorado, not in utah. disappointment reigned again. all right. if i could ask
tipton. we have several witnesses who have traveled great distances and i'm aware of your travel plans going back home, so i'm going to get you done in time. some of the witnesses are addressing all three bills and some only one bill. i'm going to make sure we do those who want to address all three bills at the same time. let me invite mary binder from the florida surveys, add robber san fran blm and department of carrier addressing all three bills. can i also invite. this is wearing make the...
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tipton. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'd like to give particular thanks to mr. jankovsky for taking the time to be able to be here out of my home district. tom, can you maybe give us a little idea, county commissioner, how much time do you spend dealing with issues relating to land management? >> well, land management in general, that's -- i'm a new county commissioner. i've been in the office for two years, and i thought i had a pretty good idea of what i was going to be doing as a county commissioner. but i'm spending 50% of my time or more on federal issues concerning our county. and there are numerous -- this is one of them. but -- >> should federal agencies engage county commissioners a little more in terms of -- >> there is no doubt. i think the benefit to this bill is that there creates a working relationship between local communities and federal land managers, and i think that's very important. and i have the highest regard for our federal land managers in our area, but i think there c
tipton. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'd like to give particular thanks to mr. jankovsky for taking the time to be able to be here out of my home district. tom, can you maybe give us a little idea, county commissioner, how much time do you spend dealing with issues relating to land management? >> well, land management in general, that's -- i'm a new county commissioner. i've been in the office for two years, and i thought i had a pretty good idea of what i was going to be doing as a...
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tipton? mr. tipton, yes. mr. sutherland. mr. sutherland, no. mr. crawford? mr. crawford, no. mrs. robey? mrs. robey, no. mr. hulescamp, no. mrs. elmers? mr. gibson? >> yes. >> mr. gibson, yes. mr. hultgren, no. mrs. hartsler, no. mr. shilling? mr. shilling, no. mr. ribble? mr. ribble, no. mrs. nome? mrs. nome, no. mr. peterson? mr. holden? mr. holden, no. mr. mcentire? >> no. >> mr. mcintyre, no. mr. boswell? mr. bacca? yes. mr. car doze za. mr. david scott, yes. mr. quayar, yes. mr. costa? mr. costa, yes. mr. walls, mr. walls, yes. mr. schrader, mr. schrader, yes. mr. kissle, mr. kissle, yes. mr. owens, mr. owens, yes. miss pingree? miss pingree, yes. mr. courtney? >> yes. >> mr. courtney, yes. mr. welch? mr. welch, yes. miss fudge? mr. sublon? mr. sublon, yes. miss sewell? miss sewell, yes. mr. mcgovern? mr. mcgovern, yes. mr. goodlatte? mr. goodlatte, no. mr. johnson? mr. johnson, no. mr. naugabauer? mr. naugabauer, no. miss elmers? mr. peterson? mr. peterson, no. miss fudge? mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. mr. chairman, the vote is 18 ayes, 26 nays. >> amendment numb
tipton? mr. tipton, yes. mr. sutherland. mr. sutherland, no. mr. crawford? mr. crawford, no. mrs. robey? mrs. robey, no. mr. hulescamp, no. mrs. elmers? mr. gibson? >> yes. >> mr. gibson, yes. mr. hultgren, no. mrs. hartsler, no. mr. shilling? mr. shilling, no. mr. ribble? mr. ribble, no. mrs. nome? mrs. nome, no. mr. peterson? mr. holden? mr. holden, no. mr. mcentire? >> no. >> mr. mcintyre, no. mr. boswell? mr. bacca? yes. mr. car doze za. mr. david scott, yes. mr....
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tipton? >> no. >> mr. tipton, no. mr. sutherland. >> no. mr. sutherland, no. mr. crawford? >> no. >> mr. crawford, no. >> mrs. roby, no. mr. desharelay. >> aye. >> mr. desharelay, aye. >> mrs. elmers. >> no. >> mrs. elmers no. >> mr. gibson. >> mr. gibson, no. mr. hol green, no. >> mr. schilling? >> no. >> mr. schilling, no. >> mr. ribbel? >> aye. mr. ribbel, aye. mr. peterson? >> no. >> mr. peterson no. mr. holden? >> no. >> mr. holden, no. >> mr. mcintyre, no. >> mr. boswell. >> no. mr. boswell, no. mr. baca? >> no. >> mr. baca, no. mr. cardoza? >> no. >> mr. cardoza, no. >> mr. scott? >> aye. >> mr. scott, aye. mr. kwa ar. >> no. >> mr. costa? no. >> mr. costa, no. mr. wallace, no. >> mr. schrader, no. >> mr. schrader no. mr. kissel, no. mr. owens no. >> mrs. embrey, no. >> mr. courtney? >> no. >> mr. courtney, no. >> mr. welch? >> no. >> mr. welch, no. >> miss fudge, aye. >> mr. sublime. no. mrs. sewell, no. mr. mcgovern? mr. mcgovern, no. mr. chairman? >> no. >> oh, excuse me. mr. johnson? >> yes. >> mr. johnson, yes? >> mr. chairman? i know the clerk will record no. >
tipton? >> no. >> mr. tipton, no. mr. sutherland. >> no. mr. sutherland, no. mr. crawford? >> no. >> mr. crawford, no. >> mrs. roby, no. mr. desharelay. >> aye. >> mr. desharelay, aye. >> mrs. elmers. >> no. >> mrs. elmers no. >> mr. gibson. >> mr. gibson, no. mr. hol green, no. >> mr. schilling? >> no. >> mr. schilling, no. >> mr. ribbel? >> aye. mr. ribbel, aye. mr. peterson? >>...
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tipton for joining us tonight. . mr. tipton: mr. speaker, we have a great challenge in this nation. er to be to get our people back to work -- to be able to get our people back to work. right now we are paying $1, 750,000,000 a year in regulatory costs. as was noted earlier, small businesses are incurring better than $10,000 per employee and that is a burden that they cannot sustain. hoping to be able to create jobs and to be able to get this economy moving. i'd like to be able to just give you a couple of real personal examples of regulations that are impacting real life. a gentleman in pueblo, colorado, they just had their new unemployment figures come out. 11.1%. and those are just the official numbers. the real numbers are even much higher. jim barton, much to his dismay, contributed to that. simply because he tried to play by the rules that the government had issued. small construction company, mr. barton had had a few good years. under the president's proposals now, a couple of years ago he would be deemed as wealthy. what did he do with his wealth? as a small businessman? an
tipton for joining us tonight. . mr. tipton: mr. speaker, we have a great challenge in this nation. er to be to get our people back to work -- to be able to get our people back to work. right now we are paying $1, 750,000,000 a year in regulatory costs. as was noted earlier, small businesses are incurring better than $10,000 per employee and that is a burden that they cannot sustain. hoping to be able to create jobs and to be able to get this economy moving. i'd like to be able to just give you...
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tipton. >> aye. >> mr. sutherland. >> aye. >> mr. sutherland aye. mr. crawford. mr. crawford no. mrs. roby. mrs. roby no. mr. healscamp, aye. mrs. elmers. >> mr. gibson. >> no. >> mr. gibson no. >> mr. holtgren aye. mr. hartzlel, no. mr. schilling. >> mr. schilling no. mr. ribble. >> aye. >> mr. ribble aye. >> mr. peterson. >> no. >> mr. peterson, no. mr. holden. >> no. >> mr. holden no. mr. mcentire. >> no. >> mr. mcentire now. >> mr. boswell. >> mr. boswell no. >> mr. cardoza. >> no. >> david scott. >> aye. >> mr. david scott aye. mr. kwai ar no. mr. costa, no. mr. walls. >> no. >> mr. walls no. mr. schrader. >> no. >> mr. schrader no. mr. kissell, no. >> mr. owens. >> mr. owens no. mrs. ping rey, no. >> mr. courtney. >> no. >> mr. courtney no. mr. welch. >> no. >> mr. welch, no. mrs. budge. >> aye. >> mr. siblon. >> no. >> ms. sewell. >> no. >> mr. mcgovern. >> mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. >> mr. chairman, the vote is 17 yays to 29 nays. >> the amendment number 85 fails. are there any other amendments to title one, the commodity title? >> yes. i have an amendment.
tipton. >> aye. >> mr. sutherland. >> aye. >> mr. sutherland aye. mr. crawford. mr. crawford no. mrs. roby. mrs. roby no. mr. healscamp, aye. mrs. elmers. >> mr. gibson. >> no. >> mr. gibson no. >> mr. holtgren aye. mr. hartzlel, no. mr. schilling. >> mr. schilling no. mr. ribble. >> aye. >> mr. ribble aye. >> mr. peterson. >> no. >> mr. peterson, no. mr. holden. >> no. >> mr. holden no. mr....
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tipton. >> aye. >> mr. southerland. mr. crawford. mrs. roby. >> aye. >> mr. heelsamp. >> aye. >> mr. desjarlait. >> aye. >> mrs. he will%. >> aye. >> mr. gibson. >> no. >> mr. hope green. >> aye. >> mrs. hartzler. >> aye. >> mr. shilg. >> aye. >> mr. ribble. >> aye. >> mrs. necessarily many. >> aye. >> mr. peterson. >> no. >> mr. holden. >> no. >> mr. mcintire. >> aye. >> mr. baca. >> no. >> mr. cardoza. >> no. >> mr. david scott. >> no. >> mr. quayle. >> aye. >> mr. costa. >> no. >> mr. walz. >> no. >> mr. schrader. >> no. >> mr. kissle. >> no. >> mr. owens. >> no. >> ms. pingree. >> no. >> mr. courtney. >> no. >> mr. walsh. >> no. >> ms. fudge. >> no. >> mr. saab lan. >> no. >> ms. sooul. >> no. >> mr. mcgovern. >> no. >> mr. rooney. >> yes. >> mr. southerland. >> aye. >> mr. crawford. >> yes. >> mr. bosswell. >> no. >> mr. chairman. >> yes. >> mr. chairman, the vote is 27 yays to 19 nays. >> the number 89 carries. the gentle lady from maine seeks recognition. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i am the co sponsor of amendment 3, it's at the desk and i would like
tipton. >> aye. >> mr. southerland. mr. crawford. mrs. roby. >> aye. >> mr. heelsamp. >> aye. >> mr. desjarlait. >> aye. >> mrs. he will%. >> aye. >> mr. gibson. >> no. >> mr. hope green. >> aye. >> mrs. hartzler. >> aye. >> mr. shilg. >> aye. >> mr. ribble. >> aye. >> mrs. necessarily many. >> aye. >> mr. peterson. >> no. >> mr. holden. >> no....
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tipton, is recognized for four minutes. mr. tipton: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i think that we all struggle to be able to find words, to be able to address a flash point in time in the city of aurora to where we saw the absolute worst of humanity and senseless slaughter of inknow september people. -- innocent people, but we also saw the best of humanity. as people rose to be able to protect their loved ones, as we saw emergency service personnel rush to the scene to be able to operate -- to offer aid. in the hospitals where doctors and nurses fought valiantly to be able to preserve life. as we look back on that day, we can't help but be reminded that too many lives were cutter short -- cut short. chapters that were yet to be written, and needlessly and mindlessly were cut off. the hearts of all coloradoans and what we have seen demonstrated on this floor, i think speaks to the heart of this country. as people rose as one to be able to express their empathy and their concern. we saw neighbors and stranrs reaching out with helping hands. all praying for t
tipton, is recognized for four minutes. mr. tipton: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i think that we all struggle to be able to find words, to be able to address a flash point in time in the city of aurora to where we saw the absolute worst of humanity and senseless slaughter of inknow september people. -- innocent people, but we also saw the best of humanity. as people rose to be able to protect their loved ones, as we saw emergency service personnel rush to the scene to be...
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tipton? >> thanks. i just want to make sure that the concerned citizens in colorado and threat in the united states, they are supporting 6089, and i submit their letters in support for the record. >> without objection. so ordered. i apologize for shifting gears, but i am trying to get everything to move in the proper order, and one of you has a flight going out, so i appreciate that. we have not had a chance for your piece of legislation. can i give you five minutes to introduce your legislation? >> i appreciate it, mr. chairman, very much. and i first want to address the congressman's earlier comment about the ability of a people who live in the concrete jungle of massachusetts to be able to understand wildfire and these issues because that is an ironic comment coming from a gentleman ms. in a landlocked desert state voting in this committee just two days ago to authorize drilling for oil and gas off of the ocean, off of the coastline of massachusetts, so the gentleman should probably square up where h
tipton? >> thanks. i just want to make sure that the concerned citizens in colorado and threat in the united states, they are supporting 6089, and i submit their letters in support for the record. >> without objection. so ordered. i apologize for shifting gears, but i am trying to get everything to move in the proper order, and one of you has a flight going out, so i appreciate that. we have not had a chance for your piece of legislation. can i give you five minutes to introduce...
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tipton, is recognized for four minutes. mr. tipton: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i think that we all struggle to be able to find words, to be able to address a flash point in time in the city of aurora to where we saw the absolute worst of humanity and senseless slaughter of inknow september people. -- innocent people, but we also saw the best of humanity. as people rose to be able to protect their loved ones, as we saw emergency service personnel rush to the scene to be able to operate -- to offer aid. in the hospitals where doctors and nurses fought valiantly to be able to preserve life. as we look back on that day, we can't help but be reminded that too many lives were cutter short -- cut short. chapters that were yet to be written, and needlessly and mindlessly were cut off. the hearts of all coloradoans and what we have seen demonstrated on this floor, i think speaks to the heart of this country. as people rose as one to be able to express their empathy and their concern. we saw neighbors and strangers reaching out with helping hands. all praying for
tipton, is recognized for four minutes. mr. tipton: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i think that we all struggle to be able to find words, to be able to address a flash point in time in the city of aurora to where we saw the absolute worst of humanity and senseless slaughter of inknow september people. -- innocent people, but we also saw the best of humanity. as people rose to be able to protect their loved ones, as we saw emergency service personnel rush to the scene to be...
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tipton, is recognized for four minutes. mr. tipton: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i think that we all struggle to be able to find words, to be able to address a flash point in time in the city of aurora to where we saw the absolute worst of humanity and senseless slaughter of inknow september people. -- innocent people, but we also saw the best of humanity. as people rose to be able to protect their loved ones, as we saw emergency service personnel rush to the scene to be able to operate -- to offer aid. in the hospitals where doctors and nurses fought valiantly to be able to preserve life. as we look back on that day, we can't help but be reminded that too many lives were cutter short -- cut short. chapters that were yet to be written, and needlessly and mindlessly were cut off. the hearts of all coloradoans and what we have seen demonstrated on this floor, i think speaks to the heart of this country. as people rose as one to be able to express their empathy and their concern. we saw neighbors and strangers reaching out with helping hands. all praying for
tipton, is recognized for four minutes. mr. tipton: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker, i think that we all struggle to be able to find words, to be able to address a flash point in time in the city of aurora to where we saw the absolute worst of humanity and senseless slaughter of inknow september people. -- innocent people, but we also saw the best of humanity. as people rose to be able to protect their loved ones, as we saw emergency service personnel rush to the scene to be...
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tipton. mr. tipton: mr. speaker, the common ground that we have is seeking affordability and accessibility. obamacare fails on both counts. we have heard comments from our colleagues saying more is yet to come. that's exactly what the american people, workers, senior citizens, american families are worried about, more to come. we cannot find doctors. we are seeing our costs increase. we hear the comments that are coming is the affordable care act? there's nothing affordable about it. it is a $2 trillion tax increase on the backs of struggling americans ffment we are going to stand up for true health care, we need to repeal this bill, repeal it now and replace it with common sense. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin. mr. levin: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. mr. camp: i yield 30 seconds to the distinguished the gentleman from arizona, mr. gosar. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recogniz
tipton. mr. tipton: mr. speaker, the common ground that we have is seeking affordability and accessibility. obamacare fails on both counts. we have heard comments from our colleagues saying more is yet to come. that's exactly what the american people, workers, senior citizens, american families are worried about, more to come. we cannot find doctors. we are seeing our costs increase. we hear the comments that are coming is the affordable care act? there's nothing affordable about it. it is a $2...
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tipton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. tipton: the ranking member just listed off many of the challenges the businesses face and we agree. but let me add one more. a company in public although, colorado, employing more than 200 handicapped individuals, that company is threatening to see their business shut down because of obamacare. they simply cannot afford it. that is the challenge that small businesses across this nation are truly facing. a $2 trillion tax, a $2 trillion tax when we need to be investing that in things like competition. let's create those positive opportunities through health care, allowing the marketplaces to work, ensuring that people have those opportunities. let's let our children who are 26 years old stay on those policies, but let's competition come to the market. those handicapped individuals in pueblo, colorado are counting on common sense not in washington, d.c., where we have all the answers. let's not get between that doctor and patient relationship. the people are counting on positive action.
tipton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. tipton: the ranking member just listed off many of the challenges the businesses face and we agree. but let me add one more. a company in public although, colorado, employing more than 200 handicapped individuals, that company is threatening to see their business shut down because of obamacare. they simply cannot afford it. that is the challenge that small businesses across this nation are truly facing. a $2...
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tipton. >> thank you, mr. chairman. at night to give particular things to mr. jankovsky for being here out of my own home district. can you give idea to the county commissioner, schenley spent dealing with issues relating to plan management? >> well, land management in general -- and the new county commissioner. i've been in office for two years and i thought i had a pretty good idea, but i'm spending 50% of my time or more on federal issues concerning our county. and there are numerous. this is one of them. >> should federal agencies engage county commissioners quite >> there is no doubt. i think the benefit to this bill is there creates a working relationship between local communities and federal land managers. i think it's very important. i had the highest regard for federal land managers in our area, but i think there could be a great improvement. >> rate, thank you. mr. roberson, i'd like to ask the restoration act of 2000 or eight for public input with respect to projects carried out in terms of the act. >> yes, sir. >> they do. those are authorities were
tipton. >> thank you, mr. chairman. at night to give particular things to mr. jankovsky for being here out of my own home district. can you give idea to the county commissioner, schenley spent dealing with issues relating to plan management? >> well, land management in general -- and the new county commissioner. i've been in office for two years and i thought i had a pretty good idea, but i'm spending 50% of my time or more on federal issues concerning our county. and there are...