Honorable Maurice D. Hinchey
United States Representative, New York, Democrat
Congressman Hinchey, of the Twenty-sixth District of New York, was first elected to the US House of Representatives in 1992. He was an analyst with the New York State Department of Education from 1971 to 1974, and served in the New York Assembly from 1974 to 1992. He is a member of the Banking and Financial Services Committee, the Resources Committee, and the Joint Economic Committee. The following is from the House floor debate of October 7, 1998, on H.R. 4570, the Omnibus National Parks and Public Lands Act of 1998. This is a very important bill. In one sense…
