Political Quotes

Collin Peterson: I rise in support of H.R. 4559. Mr. Green's bill would allow the towns of Laona and Wabeno in Wisconsin to purchase two…

On the recordSeptember 26, 2006
I rise in support of H.R. 4559. Mr. Green's bill would allow the towns of Laona and Wabeno in Wisconsin to purchase two parcels of marginal Forest Service land for development. Those towns, as was noted, suffer from low timber prices and a limited tax base, and this bill is an effort to provide economic development in these communities. This bill allows the Forest Service to use the proceeds of the sale to buy land with greater environmental value which will improve the forest. This project is a sensible transfer of Federal forest land, and it deserves congressional support.
Said by
Collin Peterson
Minnesota

Editor's note · Context

Supporting H.R. 4559 to allow Wisconsin towns to purchase Forest Service land for economic development.

Share

More from Collin Peterson

Jul 27, 2007

But I just want to make clear that in my opinion what we're doing here is not a tax increase. And frankly, what we ought to be doing is investigating why we have all these people on the payroll at the State Department and at the Treasury…

govinfo.gov
May 22, 2008

My staff worked through this and assured me this is the exact same bill that passed the House and Senate and was sent to the President.

govinfo.gov
May 22, 2008

I rise to correct the record. This bill has had a long and tortuous path, and now, unfortunately, is the victim of an unintended clerical error, and I just need to set the record straight about what happened here. I notified Mr. Goodlatte…

govinfo.gov
May 14, 2008

I take very much issue with your saying we are waiving PAYGO. We are not waiving PAYGO. We are not waiving PAYGO in this bill. We are meeting PAYGO requirements based on the 2007 baseline which is what we started the bill under. This is…

govinfo.gov

Other voices in this conversation