Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1925 is called the Waco Mammoth Site Study Bill; and as mentioned, it authorizes the study by the National Park Service to consider including the Waco Mammoth Site as a unit in the National Park System. Since there are numerous different designations in the National Park System, one of the goals of this study would be to determine the best fit for this historic site. Mr. Speaker, as we have also heard, the Waco Mammoth Site is the largest concentration in the world of prehistoric mammoths dying from the same event. That is what makes this particular site unique and so historically significant. It is located within the city limits of Waco, Texas, my hometown, which also happens to be a suburb of the community of Crawford, Texas, a well-known central Texas community today. It is located at the confluence of the Brazos and Bosque Rivers.”