Political Quotes

“Madam President, this article is entitled the `` `Holy Grail' conservation bill advances in U.S. Senate.'' If you take a look at the article, it quotes conservationists and people across the country who are working on the legislation, and it ends with this: ``We've been working on this for years and years and this is the holy grail of conservation community,'' Cors said. We're ecstatic that this is happening. That is from a member of the Nature Conservancy. The article from the Denver Post talks about the legislation and, again, the conservation community that supports the legislation. ``This will be a remarkable gift for the future and also is important for the present. It's going to put up to 100,000 people to work each year fixing our national parks,'' said Tracy-Stone Manning, associate vice president for public lands at the National Wildlife Federation, a conservation group with 6 million members. It goes on to point out ``cities such as Denver and Missoula, where urban voters are pushing leaders to acquire more land for parks and other open space.'' This is an opportunity for us to achieve those goals in our urban areas.…”