Committee Update
House Judiciary Committee
This week I joined my colleagues on the Judiciary Committee for a hearing on "diversity" in the judicial system. I think it's important to first highlight the importance of having a well-qualified, merit-based judiciary. I believe that qualifications, experience, and application of the law should be the metric by which our judiciary is staffed. In other words, we should always strive to choose the best person for the position. However, some on the other side seem to believe that we should judge people first and foremost on their skin color, gender, or ethnicity. It is unfortunate that some of my colleagues want to take us back to a time where Americans are judged based on these group characteristics rather than on their merits and qualifications as unique individuals. I oppose these kinds of unconstitutional racial quotas, and the efforts of those who want government to treat Americans differently based on their race.
House Natural Resources Committee
This week we considered several bills, including one dubbed the "Blue New Deal." This bill would ban new offshore oil and gas leasing in certain areas and spin our reams of burdensome red tape and regulation across the country. I offered an amendment to address one of the big issues I have with this bill: The creation of a "map" that would pave the way for more federal regulatory interference in matters best left to local control. For example, just one watershed included in this map, the Mississippi watershed, accounts for about 40% of the continental United States. This federal initiative could be used as a pretense to justify the targeting of dams, levees, dikes, or other structures for removal because they are labeled as "threats to the health of a blue carbon ecosystem." My amendment sought to eliminate this map and with it the potential for expanded federal control. Unfortunately, my amendment was rejected by committee Democrats.
32 Telegram of Townsend to Milo F.Christiansen, NPS, Little Rock, AR, May 20, 1937; Telegram of Harry J.Adams, Superintendent of Parks, Fort Worth, TX, to Allred, May 21, 1937;Telegram of Townsend to Maier, May 21, 1937, RG 79, NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe,Correspondence Relating to National Parks, Monuments and RecreationalAreas, 1927-1953, Box 2, Folder: 120-07 (NPS) Proposed Legislation BigBend; W.B. Tuttle, San Antonio Public Service Company, San Antonio, TX,to Maier, May 21, 1937, RG 79, NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe, CorrespondenceRelating to National Parks, Monuments and Recreational Areas, 1927-1953,Box 1, Folder: 0-30 Big Bend International Park Part 2, DEN NARA.
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43 Record to Dom Adams, Brewster CountyChamber of Commerce, Alpine, TX, July 13, 1937, RG 79, NPS, SWRO, SantaFe, Correspondence Relating to National Parks, Monuments andRecreational Areas, 1927-1953, Box 11, Folder: 610.01 Purchasing ofLands #1 Big Bend, DEN NARA.
44 Adams to Record, July 16, 1937, RG 79,NPS, SWRO, Santa Fe, Correspondence Relating to National Parks,Monuments and Recreational Areas, 1927-1953, Box 11, Folder: 610.01Purchasing of Lands #1 Big Bend, DEN NARA.
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