"Tourism alone is not able to sustain these communities."
"Name me a job that you can sustain a family on working in the tourism industry from May to October."
"That is just silly."
"This bill gives us an opportunity to do that. It truly is a win-win situation. And I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support it."
"Can you imagine being a locally elected official who is responsible for roads, schools, and all the services that a community needs in order just to survive, and having 93 percent of your tax base tak..."
"We used to have a thriving timber industry. It has been decimated because of some of these policies."
"It made it impossible."
"I feel like I am standing up for the little guy. I am standing up for families out in the rural communities who just want to keep their families together."
"If people felt like they had a voice, if they felt like they had an opportunity to make their input and actually be heard, and if the decision went the other way, I think most people would be willing ..."
"This bill codifies the President's action of last week."
"No, it does not repeal any wilderness study areas."
"Some of the misunderstandings that people have regarding this is that the assumption is it repeals any protections, and that is just not true."