Political Quotes

“I would simply say, as I did before, that this has been worked out with all the parties in question on the minority and majority side of the authorizing and Committee on Appropriations, and is supported by the Department of the Interior as an extension of this water settlement. The amendment that I am offering pertains to the San Carlos Apache Water Rights Settlement Act--Public Law 102-575. Simply put, the amendment extends the Settlement Act. Again, I want to make it perfectly clear that all my amendment does is extend the Act. This extension provides additional time for the implementation of many of the important provisions in the Act. Before I describe the provisions contained in my amendment, I would like to provide a few facts about the Settlement Act. The San Carlos Apache Water Rights Settlement Act was signed into law by President Bush on October 30, 1992.”