Political Quotes

“I thank Representative Norman, my good friend from South Carolina, for introducing this amendment and for yielding me time. Mr. Chair, I submitted an identical amendment to this one, and I am glad to see it is being considered today. This amendment would hold the BLM director, Tracy Stone-Manning, accountable for her disastrous policies and rightfully reduce her salary to $1. Ms. Manning has been using the Bureau to push her own radical environmentalist agenda at the expense of Montanans and all Americans. Director Manning has repeatedly and intentionally violated Federal statute by issuing rules that are completely at odds with the Taylor Grazing Act. The Taylor Grazing Act lays out best range management practices and clearly states that the purpose of the law is to: ``provide for the orderly use'' of public land in order to ``stabilize the livestock industry.'' Earlier this year, the BLM issued a Conservation and Landscape Health Rule that clearly violates the letter and the spirit of the law by designating multiple use public land under conservation leases for bison. Allowing bison to graze on allotments that should be leased for cattle grazing has been a severe blow to Montana's ranching industry. Director Manning has also continuously ignored the concerns of local landowners and those most affected by her harmful policies by failing to hold public hearings outside of the large cities.…”