Political Quotes

“Mr. President, today we have the opportunity to make history in the U.S. Senate. Together, we can move forward with passing one of the most important conservation bills in decades. In fact, standing here today, I can tell you something. There are not many issues that bring Republicans and Democrats together, but something actually does that, and that is protecting our public lands. If you remember, about a year and a half ago, we passed a major bipartisan lands package where we permanently authorized a conservation program--something we are here to talk about today--and that is the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Today we have the opportunity to move forward on this bipartisan Great American Outdoors Act, a conservation bill that will provide full and permanent funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund and finally tackle this massive maintenance backlog that is plaguing our public lands, including our national parks. How we got here today isn't by chance. In fact, on February 27, I sat down with my colleague Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado, Leader McConnell, and President Trump in the White House--we were in the Roosevelt room, in fact--to pitch a simple idea: Let's set aside political gridlock, and let's pass the most important conservation law in decades.…”