Political Quotes

Sidney Yates: “I planned to reoffer this amendment today but, in the interest of time, I will not offer that amendment if I can have…”

On the recordJune 20, 1996
I planned to reoffer this amendment today but, in the interest of time, I will not offer that amendment if I can have the assurance of the chairman that language will be placed in the statement of the managers for this bill directing the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to promulgate rules assuring public comment on the placement of telecommunications devices on park, refuge, and Forest Service land.
Said by
Sidney Yates
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Discussing telecommunications regulations related to national parks and public lands.

Share

More from Sidney Yates

Jul 22, 1998

May I say that I do not consider it a big windfall. I think that the tribe, on the basis of the explanation given by the gentleman from Mississippi, deserves that money, but to do so at the present time without having all of the figures…

govinfo.gov
Jul 21, 1998

When the gentleman from Ohio and I came to that agreement, I had the impression that the effort for the vote would be led by the Democrats, as it has been over the last several years, and I was unaware of the convoluted structure that the…

govinfo.gov
Jul 22, 1998

What the gentleman is asking to do is take care of his tribe and take money away from the other tribes, because the committee, has not put enough money into this bill. What the gentleman ought to be doing, I think, is asking for more money…

govinfo.gov
Apr 30, 1998

I certainly agree with the statement made by the distinguished gentleman from Illinois. My district also will suffer from the lack of Section 8 housing. As the gentleman said so eloquently, there is no shortage in the need for Section 8…

govinfo.gov

Other voices in this conversation