Political Quotes

“I thank my distinguished colleague, the Senator from Wyoming, chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee. The Coastal Barrier Resources Act is an important free-market conservation tool that does not regulate how people develop their land, but transfers the full cost of developing in risky, environmentally sensitive areas from taxpayers to the individual choosing to develop. The Coastal Barrier Resources System also provides much-needed habitat for our Nation's treasured wildlife, including federally threatened Red Knot birds in Delaware. Public Law 115-358 added approximately 18,000 acres along the Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida coasts to the Coastal Barrier Resources System, protecting these barrier islands, beaches, wetlands, and aquatic habitat from federally funded development. During Senate consideration of S. 47, the Senate adopted an amendment by the Senator from Florida, Mr. Rubio, which adds two additional replacement maps for Cape San Blas, FL, as an amendment to Public Law 115-358. During the enactment of Public Law 115-358, the Senator from Wyoming and I sought to make clear that the law is not intended to prevent the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from using various digital tools, digital data, and digital maps to help implement the Coastal Barrier Resources Act.…”