Political Quotes

“I am saying, accept Mr. Pombo's amendment that they shall have that right, no question. Not at the discretion of BLM, not at the discretion of the Park Service or a Secretary of Interior. No Government agency should have that right over the private landholder. That is a simple way to go. Let those people have their rights under our Constitution. Do not say to the agency that we have a law that protects them. Sure, you can go to court, some agencies can file suit and say you cannot do it. Some interest groups will file suit that say you cannot do it. There will be some who say you can do it. I am saying let us protect these little people. That is what America is about, the little people. It is not these huge organizations. I hear people condemn the mining interests and the timber industry. But the biggest organization in the United States today is the so-called elite environmental community that is driving this Congress to taking land out of the productive role. Let us think about the American worker and the little person, not the large group of environmental groups.”