Political Quotes

“I, as well, am prepared to close and I just want to highlight my agreement with the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Lamborn). When people work together, these are the kind of commonsense results we get. Unfortunately, on these bills, I don't think we will be making the front page of The Washington Post or The New York Times or the FOX News Talk hour, but that is so much of the workhorse-type work that we need to do in this body. What we have done with Mr. Tipton, Mr. Lamborn, and myself is we have been able to put together the commonsense priorities around public land management. The district I have the honor of representing is 65 percent public land. So these are everyday issues that my constituents deal with living in and around public land. It is very exciting to be passing H.R. 618 and allowing getting rid of the private inholding, putting some appropriate land in the management of the Forest Service and, of course, doing something that will also benefit one of our iconic conference centers and hotels in Colorado Springs that I have had the opportunity to be a guest and a conferee at so many times. I deeply appreciate the work of Mr. Tipton and Mr. Lamborn. I urge a ``yes'' vote. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.”