Unfortunately, instead of looking for bipartisan policy solutions to protect treasured natural resources and wild areas, promote recreation, and support responsible economic development, the legislation before us today fails to strike the appropriate balance between these priorities.
Tsongas criticizes legislation for not achieving bipartisan solutions for land management.
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As we discuss the importance of the Antiquities Act, it is rooted in the fact that our Nation has made a commitment that our most significant historical, cultural, and natural sites should be preserved in perpetuity.
Cutting Interior's budget by well over $1 billion, approximately 10 percent, while not as bad as some other departments, nevertheless, it will significantly and certainly hamper the Department's ability to meet these many responsibilities.
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