Political Quotes

“I rise in strong support of the bill and in opposition, reluctant opposition, to the amendment of my friend from Wyoming. As I said this morning, his point, which is that the National Park Service is underfunded at this time, is a very appropriate and valid point. I expect to support him in every arena on increasing the resources for the National Park Service, which make up collectively less than one-tenth of 1 percent of the budget. And I believe the American public would support adequate funding for the National Park Service, and I am with him on that issue. But, Madam President, adding this park and these wildlife areas, some 94 percent of which are already in public ownership, is not going to burden the National Park Service. It is simply something that not only can be done within present resources, it should be done. Every Secretary, every public official in America today who has examined this park says, yes, it is appropriate; it is needed; it is vital to make a national park out of the California desert. Madam President, I hope all Senators will join together not only in support of this bill, but to kill this amendment.”