Cliff Stearns: “I hate to say is this, but listen to this quote. This is from the co-founder of Earth First. This is what he says: ``It…”

“I hate to say is this, but listen to this quote. This is from the co-founder of Earth First. This is what he says: ``It is not enough to preserve the roadless, undeveloped country remaining. We must recreate wilderness in large regions, move out the cars and the civilized people, dismantle roads and dams, reclaim the plowed lands, clearcuts, and reintroduce the extirpated species.'' They want to get rid of the people, get rid of cars, bring back the species, get rid of everything. In short, as humans, we do not even have a right to this land. Now the CARA bill is simply making their work easier. We can come on the floor and say this is a great bill, but frankly, we are not at the point where we can authorize more money because we are not even taking care of the land we now have. That is embarrassing. Almost one-third of the land in America is owned by the Federal government. If we add local and State government lands together, that percentage reaches 42 percent. Should half of us move? The CARA bill will not only fund the LWCF trust fund, the key vehicle for land acquisition, at $900 million, but most of the trust funds created by the other titles can also be used for land acquisition. That totals almost $2 billion.”