I know Senator Wyden has made a great effort to include the concerns of mountain-bikers, snowmobiles, and recreational groups.

Are we protecting Mount Hood for the people or from the people?

I held two open public meetings in Portland and in Hood River.

It's really been a great bipartisan effort, and the entire Nevada delegation supports our legislation.

Well, today we're talking about Lincoln County, which is a very large county, very sparsely populated county.

Senators Ensign and Reid and the entire delegation have worked with communities to reach agreement on these designations.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Senator Wyden, for holding this hearing today.

I really support some of your efforts in doing that.

I think that eventually it could be even the model legislation that a lot of other Western States can use.

The legislation allows for recreation, tourism, economic development, environmental protection.

I was there in Black Butte the day it started.

On whole, the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004 is a good piece of legislation and it should be passed.

When you're dealing with these lands bills, there's a lot of different interests you have to keep track of and try to satisfy.

Well, I have nothing to say but how sorry I am.

It is not just that the administration is making the wrong choice by feeding the insurance companies and the drug companies and depriving you of more available, lower-cost drugs. It is that they're being dishonest with you about it.

And the reason they're hiding the truth from the American people is because the out-of-pocket expenses of Medicare have now gone up to 37.2 percent by 2006.

It is a test of character. In a secret deal, he chose his powerful friends in the gun lobby over police officers and families that he promised to protect.

So tomorrow, for the first time in 10 years, when a killer walks into a gun shop, when a terrorist goes to a gun show somewhere in America, when they want to purchase an AK-47 or some other military assault weapon, they're going to hear…