Political Quotes

“I want to thank the chairman of the committee for yielding me this time, and I also thank my colleague from California, the ranking member, and also the subcommittee chairman, the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young), for processing this bill. I also want to associate myself with the remarks of my colleague from Idaho earlier regarding the departure of the committee chairman, Mr. Hastings from Washington, and while he talked about who is going to miss who more, I think it is probably accurate to say that I will miss Mr. Hastings more than he will miss me, but I will endeavor to change his mind over the years no matter what. This is a prime example of what happens when we work together. This is several tens of thousands of acres which some have been waiting since I was in the eighth grade. The original legislation for the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe was introduced in 1971 by then-United States Senators Alan Bible and Howard Cannon who represented Nevada, so those folks get the patience award. This bill does housekeeping things that we should all be happy to have been part of finally finishing up. With checkerboard reservations, you have multiple issues of law enforcement--you are on the reservation, you are off the reservation--economic development, jobs for some of the most economically-challenged cultures in our Nation, multiple use, cultural resource protection, all those sorts of things which I am proud to be associated with.…”