Political Quotes

“I trust then the Senator would not disagree that 3,700 people are being reassigned from central offices to the parks so the national parks will have 3,700 people added to them. I also want to say that comments were made about the Redwood National Park and the fact that there was an economic loss when that park came into being. I would like to point out that when that park came into being, there was a legislative taking of about 47,000 acres of land immediately. That threw people out of jobs. There is no legislative taking of land with this bill. No jobs will be lost with this bill. I also would like to correct the comments on the desert tortoise, at least indicate my understanding. There may need to be some mitigation, but activities can occur even in land where the desert tortoise is in danger. Let me give you one example. The Viceroy Gold Corp. received approval of a plan to operate to mine and today has an active gold mine in desert tortoise habitat. Mitigation, in fact, was provided. So what is increasingly happening is when there are problems, people are getting together and trying to solve those problems by providing mitigation.”