On the recordOctober 30, 2019
Mr. Chair, I appreciate the gentleman's comments. I think what is actually important is precisely the words that the gentleman used: unintended consequences that can come. This is a perfecting amendment to be able to make sure that we are codifying the importance of those grazing rights within those communities, something that is important to not only the Thompson Divide area but many of our ranchers who happen to have some grazing leases on public lands throughout the western slope of Colorado, something that is going to be important, but specifically to this bill, to make sure that we are codifying the right to have grazing within the Thompson Divide area with the mineral rights withdrawal that the gentleman is proposing. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
