Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Arkansas for yielding. I thank Mr. Stauber for working with me on several amendments that protect Colorado's Third Congressional District. All 11 of my amendments to give voice to the people in my district were denied. Mr. Speaker, this bill targets my district and would lock up more than 550,000 acres of it with new wilderness designations. The Mesa County Commissioners, Montezuma County Commissioners, Dolores County Commissioners, the Archuleta County Commissioners, White River and Douglas Creek Conservation Districts, the Colorado Farm Bureau, and numerous other constituencies in Colorado strongly oppose this bill because of the damage they know that it will cause and activities it will prevent. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record several of those letters of opposition. Colorado Snowmobile Association, COHVCO, Trails Preservation Alliance, February 23, 2021. Re 2021 Omnibus Wilderness & Amendments. Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, Att: Jeff Smalls & Ashley Higgins, Washington DC. Dear Jeff and Ashley: Please accept this correspondence as the comments of the above referenced Organizations vigorously opposing the CORE Wilderness Proposal (HR 803) and the Colorado Wilderness Act (HR577) hereinafter referred to as ``the Proposal''.…”