In many of the debates we have in this Committee I believe that my Republican colleagues are on the wrong side of the issue.

This is a debate about whether we want to lose critical cultural and natural resources to unlimited drilling, unending road building, and unrestricted off-road vehicle use.

Those who support destructive amendments to the Antiquities Act either fail to realize the value of the resources the Act has preserved or the seriousness of the threats posed to the resources or both.

History has already affirmed the wisdom of previous national monument designations and history will judge new attempts to weaken the Act very harshly.

The proponents of legislation to undermine the Antiquities Act... are on the wrong side of history.

The Antiquities Act was never meant to circumvent Congress and designate huge parcels of land as National Monuments.

Without a doubt many of the 71 existing national monuments are extremely valuable natural and historic treasures.

At a minimum though the predictions or the claim that designations of national monuments are harmful to the local economies, that isn't borne out in your research?

H.R. 2584 is, without question and without precedent, the most regressive, destructive, and shameless attack on our environmental protections, this country's public health, and conservation in over four decades. This is accomplished…

Madam Speaker, I am here to join with my colleagues in thanking the gentlelady from California (Ms. Woolsey) for all that she has done to provide leadership on an issue that has been critical to the American people on an issue that she…

Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from California, Ms. Barbara Lee.