Nothing is more iconic of self-defeating policy than our Tax Code.

This is a critically important issue.

So the impact on the outdoor economy would also be factored into your calculus?

This legislation is important as it would protect an area in Montana that we call Paradise Valley.

This is Senator Tester's Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act.

If the Senate does their job, you will be able to visit there in four or five years and it will be the same.

It is important to me that in any major land decision like this one the local community stands firmly behind it.

I am committed to working with Senator Tester and local stakeholders on this important piece of legislation.

The views of the local community are very important in any land use decision.

The opposition to mining in the Paradise Valley contrasts to support for mines we have in other parts of our state.

We could very well end up in a situation like we have in Butte, where it is one of the largest superfund sites.

There are some places on Earth we simply should not mine. This is one of them.

We have business people, we have local government-elected officials that say, 'We don't want this.'

This legislation will help guarantee that large-scale mining will never threaten the headwaters of the Yellowstone.

This is why people come to places like Montana, why they covet places like Montana.

the Justice Department browbeat and coerced Fort Smith into accepting this consent decree.

the majority of funding is raised through sales tax, not through property tax as in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York.

Yes. And in the fiscal year 2015 Accomplishments Report the Department of Justice wrote, quote, "The city of Fort Smith agreed to spend what it estimates to be more than $480 million," end quote, on upgrades to its sewer system and…