Political Quotes

“When I look at this, I see the aptitude to try to amend this to give access. I have to tell the gentleman, though, it doesn't go far enough. Mr. Chair, I think what we have to do is guarantee access so that Congress is specifically and intentionally demanding that they have that access because you know as well as I know that, once again, government problems exist. I will give the gentleman an example. In the last land package, we have a land package that included the La Paz land exchange by BLM. Do you know what the big problem now has been? It was signed into law. It has been about access. Our legislation actually said that it did not impugn any of the mineral estates, but then the BLM came back and said, listen, that doesn't guarantee you access to it. That is why I think it doesn't go far enough. I would love to see it say that it requires the allottees access to those lands. But I am not opposed to it. I think it slightly makes it better. Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Bishop), the ranking member of the Committee on Natural Resources.”