Political Quotes

“this morning I am introducing the Montana Jobs Security and Lands Protection Act of 1994. This bill sets aside as wilderness approximately 800,000 acres of Montana's Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management lands and almost 500,000 acres in special management areas. Equally important, it releases 5 million acres of lands which have not met the wilderness test to their traditional multiple uses. This bill is made in Montana. It was written by natural resource providers in the living rooms of Montana. It is supported by more than 20 of Montana's most respected organizations representing more than 100,000 members. This bill is historic because, for the first time, lands not designated wilderness will be managed with an emphasis on the job-producing activities that have sustained Montana's economy and maintained the public lands of which we are so proud. This bill will help protect water rights and property rights which were established before designation of the wilderness areas. preserving wilderness and protecting jobs While Montana's economy has been expanding, the jobs of people who work in Montana's natural-resources based industries have been disappearing.”