mr. chairman , i yield myself the balance of my time .  i want to conclude by saying i thank the gentleman from west virginia ( mr. rahall )  for his offering of working on this piece of legislation , and we do so in the spirit of cooperation .  i also have to say , though , that in this chamber where we have seen lofty rhetoric for a number of years , i personally having witnessed it for 26 since i was first an intern here , i have frankly never seen the rhetoric not coincide with the reality more than in this case oftentimes .  this bill does not eviscerate the endangered species act .  this bill does several positive things .  it establishes recovery plans based on biology .  it establishes recovery habitat based on those recovery plans .  it encourages landowners to cooperate with biologists in the fish and wildlife service .  it lets landowners get answers to their biological questions , and it compensates landowners whose land is confiscated under the original endangered species act .  i ask members for their `` aye '' vote .  