Political Quotes

“As Senator Gorton knows, in particular, the natural resources questions in the West are especially polarized. They are ones where so often there are very heated and controversial fights between groups, particularly industry groups and environmental groups. I and others, and I know the Senator from Washington is interested in this, are continually making efforts to look at new models, in effect, new paradigms, for resolving some of these natural resources questions and trying to bring people together. It is for this reason that I offer this amendment, Mr. President. My sense is some of the most exciting work being done in our country, particularly in our Pacific Northwest, involves voluntary, purely private efforts, where people look to try to get beyond some of the old controversies, some of the old battles, and come together to resolve natural resources questions in a balanced way.”