Political Quotes

“thank you for the chance to bring to the floor the biggest and most important parks and public lands package since 1978. In addition to provisions for protection of some of the most important natural landmarks, historic places and landscapes in the country, it includes a landmark bipartisan effort led by Representative Bill Baker to protect the California Bay-Delta, a priority for both sides of the aisle. This package is chock full of solutions to local problems which have been brought to the attention of the committee by individual Members of the House or the other body. Before a brief outline of the bills' many fine points, I am compelled to give a short history of how we arrived at such a massive package at this point in the session. Frankly, it was a few Members of the other body's fault. Though the Resource Committee has sent scores of individual bills to the Senate, holds by certain Members on these measures stopped the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources from moving individual or even small groups of bills for months.”