"I am proud of the finished product."
"This bill is the product of a decade of collaborative discussions and negotiating."
"These are national lands, held in trust by the federal government, and while many of us who live in Idaho think of these lands as our own, these are America's lands."
"I've been working on for some 10 years since I got into Congress."
"The old approach of wilderness, of sacrificing the needs of one individual or specific user group to benefit the others will not work anymore."
"It is NOT the way Senator Bennet developed his Washington County, Utah Wilderness bill."
"Our challenge today is to rise above the noise and provide leadership that represents the true majority who sit squarely in the center and want to see collaborative conservation advance in the West."
"The needs of the people who live and recreate in the area are as important as the lines that we draw on a map."
"I offer my thanks to Sen. Mike Crapo for his leadership."
"S. 3294 is a well-constructed piece of legislation that is the right thing to do for Central Idaho both economically and ecologically."
"Many Idahoans have decided that leaving land management in the Boulder-White Clouds in flux, as wilderness study areas and under the threat of closures and lawsuits, is not acceptable."