On the recordNovember 20, 2019
I would like to commend Representative Thompson and Representative Wittman for their work on this bill. Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and would inquire whether my colleague has any remaining speakers on his side. I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, this is, undoubtedly, a popular program. It does well serve public recreation and use, the very purpose of our public lands, and I certainly don't oppose it. But I do want to close with this warning: We are continuing to acquire more and more land while we are failing to take care of the enormous estates that we already hold. Louie Gohmert, my colleague on the Natural Resources Committee, has compared our Federal lands policy to the old miser in town whose mansion is dilapidated, whose yard is overgrown with weeds, and whose paint is peeling because he spends all of his time and money plotting how he is going to acquire his neighbor's property. I would like to hope that the bipartisan support for this bill will be accompanied soon with bipartisan support for Mr. Bishop's bill, H.R. 1225, which would actually take the resources that we are generating from the public lands to assure that we are taking proper care of our public lands. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
