Political Quotes

“I thank the Senator from New Mexico for his work on this legislation and the opportunity to continue to work together on the Great American Outdoors Act. We adjusted to the Zoom conference meetings and the Skypes and the FaceTimes. We all figured out our best way to do that. Millions of Americans were still at work each and every day at the gas station, at the grocery store, the clerks and the people stocking shelves and providing restaurant work across the country. There is a lot of stress, and this is a tense time for this country. You can see it and hear it and still feel that strain on the American people. That sort of relief valve we have as a country is our system of parks and recreation opportunities. It is about jobs. It is about the dollars they spend in communities, the gateway communities, when they go to a place like Rocky Mountain National Park. Yet it is also about that opportunity for people to get away and to find that time to think, that time to be themselves, to focus, to get into an area where they can exercise, recreate, and enjoy the environment and the resources around them. I make a joke; I don't know if anyone else laughs at it. I talk about the last several months being spent in the great indoors. It is time for the great outdoors. I think that is what we talked about. As a kid growing up, we had these road trips. We didn't fly very often, at least. It was expensive. You would drive and drive great distances.…”