Political Quotes

“As we move into the debate on the Interior appropriations bill, there are still some important amendments that have yet to be offered. I understand the minority leader will be here. He has a couple amendments. We will lay those down today and talk about those. If Members are in town and watching, I suggest they bring their amendments down so we can get the list down to where it is manageable in the first place so we can complete this appropriations as early on Tuesday as we possibly can. In the meantime, we will be talking about a lot of very emotional issues. When you talk about public lands, everybody becomes a land manager. As we debate this, it never ceases to amaze me that we forget that there is a lot of knowledge on how to manage lands and the resources that we haven't tapped. This Saturday, September 20, volunteers across the United States will participate in the 10th annual National Public Lands Day.”