Cliff Bentz: “the supermajority of Westerners love national monuments and support the protections.”

What I see is a focus on rivers, with almost a blind eye toward the ocean, which seems extremely odd.

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the spending reduction account), insert the following: Sec. ___. None of the funds…

This effort builds on similar pieces of legislation that this Committee has advanced this Congress.

Mr. Chairman, this is an excellent bill, and we need it in Oregon. We have 30 million acres of trees. We absolutely need what this bill would provide.