Joseph T. Burns said "I tell my good friend, it is that kind of mind-set that said we are going to save the suckerfish in Klamath Falls, OR, and it takes precedence over 1,500 families and their future and our ability to provide food and fiber for this country. It is a trash fish. That is going on right now in that basin. That is what I am saying. When we take a look at what our attitude is about a certain thing and hide behind the screen of green and throw out all logic on the management of those lands, then we may have to reassess how we look at all lands, even those that exist in the State of Illinois. That is what I am saying. It is something that creeps into the mind-set, that it is all right to disrupt our lives and our families--even though we do it right and in an environmentally sensitive manner--because of a mind-set. I think that is where we have a basic philosophical difference on how we manage land." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 11, 2001

I tell my good friend, it is that kind of mind-set that said we are going to save the suckerfish in Klamath Falls, OR, and it takes precedence over 1,500 families and their future and our ability to provide food and fiber for this country. It is a trash fish. That is going on right now in that basin. That is what I am saying. When we take a look at what our attitude is about a certain thing and hide behind the screen of green and throw out all logic on the management of those lands, then we may have to reassess how we look at all lands, even those that exist in the State of Illinois. That is what I am saying. It is something that creeps into the mind-set, that it is all right to disrupt our lives and our families--even though we do it right and in an environmentally sensitive manner--because of a mind-set. I think that is where we have a basic philosophical difference on how we manage land.

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Joseph T. Burns

Ohio

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of environmental policies on local families and land management.

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