Political Quotes

“H.R. 2408 is noncontroversial legislation that would reauthorize the existing authority that promotes volunteer programs and community partnerships across our National Wildlife Refuge System. Volunteers provide truly indispensable hours of service to augment the yeoman labor of our Federal resource managers, rangers, and biologists stretched thin by the day-to-day demands of managing 98 million acres of fish and wildlife habitat. Congress should do all that it can to encourage the expansion of volunteer opportunities at our National Wildlife Refuges. I commend the act's author and the bill's sponsor, my good friend, the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Saxton), for his continued steadfast leadership in promoting our refuges as places for both people to enjoy and wildlife to have a proper habitat. This is good legislation, Mr. Speaker, and I urge all Members to support the bill.”