Political Quotes

“I concluded my letter by making the statement: I believe that in the short time remaining in the 104th Congress this is a responsible path to a successful conference report. By accepting the package that has been reduced as a consequence of the objections of the administration, it is my sincere hope that for the benefit of the many intensely interested Members, both Democrat and Republican, some retiring at the end of the Congress, it is important the parks and public land legislation will pass. In that letter, I agreed to continue to meet with the administration to address their ongoing concerns in order to expedite a response and a successful conclusion of this matter. Well, I have had no response to that letter, Mr. President. So it is difficult for me to comprehend the basis of their objections, and it is even more difficult for me to understand their reluctance to support this package, recognizing the significance of many of the items in it. This package contains five new parks, provides better protection for existing parks and historic sites, establishes new memorials, including memorials to Martin Luther King, black Revolutionary War patriots, and Japanese War patriots, protects rivers from coast to coast, from the Columbia River in Washington to the St. Vrain in Colorado and the Lamprey in New Hampshire. The package also contains provisions which protect the hallowed ground where the blood of American soldiers was shed in battles.”