Joe Crowley: “I had an opportunity most recently to join a couple of Members from New York and other places around the country to…”

“I had an opportunity most recently to join a couple of Members from New York and other places around the country to visit the Tongass National Forest. What a treasure that place is. I saw clear-cutting. I saw the damage that has already been done to this most pristine area of the world. Can we not leave something to our children, our grandchildren, and their children that has not been touched or squandered? Can we not leave something to them that they can look back on and know that we looked out for their future? We have that opportunity. Let us not destroy our national forests. I do have concerns about this, because we have a national forest in New York State. I do not want to start down a slippery slope and have this administration opening this up in New York as well. I have reasons. I am not from Alaska or the West, but I love this country. I love the West. And I have been to Alaska. And I thank God I had the opportunity to go and see what I believe is the most beautiful part of this great Earth we live on.”