Political Quotes

“Madam President, I rise today to address a key unfinished piece of business that is extremely important to the Klamath Basin of southern Oregon. The Klamath Basin Act has still not been enacted as of the close of this Congress. In that failure, Congress is missing a critical opportunity to put in place a locally developed solution to a longtime water dispute. This failure creates a substantial risk of catastrophic consequences for our ranching and farming families--risks that were entirely avoidable. Let me start by telling my colleagues what an amazing place Klamath Basin is. Klamath Basin is one of the natural wonders of the American West. It has one of the biggest salmon runs in the Pacific and part of one of the largest continuous blocks of wild rivers and wildlands on the Pacific coast. It is one of the most important migration points in the Pacific coast flyway for bird migration. It is an important place for duck hunters up and down the west coast. The Klamath River itself charts a path to the south of Crater Lake-- an amazing natural wonder where a crater created by a very large cascade volcanic mountain that blew its top--and the California Redwoods to the south. It connects the Great Basin geology, the cascading volcanos, and the deep and majestic rivers and canyons along its way.…”