John Chenoweth: “I just want to say that this has been a distinct privilege for me to be able to help manage this bill through the floor.…”

“I just want to say that this has been a distinct privilege for me to be able to help manage this bill through the floor. This Member lived on the Clearwater River close to Ahsahka, Idaho, where Lewis and Clark traveled on that waterway right after one of the most difficult periods of time in their trip, when they nearly lost their life going over the Lolo Pass because of a lack of food supply and having to suffer through the elements. Yet, undaunted courage certainly was pulled out of those people in very difficult circumstances. In the 14 years that I spent living on that Clearwater River, living next to Ahsahka, where Lewis and Clark finally made their way to this spit of land that came out where the Clearwater joined the North Fork River of the Clearwater River, Lewis and Clark spent the winter there and carved out new canoes and reconstituted their food supply. So it has been a place of honor in my way of thinking; and, certainly, as a western woman, this has indeed been a privilege to be able to carry the bill of the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Bereuter) through. I must say that the bill is constructed, the resolution is constructed and written, in a very clear and concise way and that I know and I pray that in the future it will be interpreted just as the clear meaning of the wording of the resolution simply states.”