Political Quotes

“I would like to thank the gentlewoman from Wyoming for yielding me time. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of amendment No. 20 offered by my friend Ms. Cheney, and I am a proud cosponsor, as well, of this amendment. This amendment would provide resources for ranchers that are facing unforeseeable events, like natural disasters. In my district, particularly in the northern counties of north- central Washington, where catastrophic wildfires are becoming far too common an occurrence, ranchers can be forced off of their allotments due to wildfires causing their land to be unsuitable for grazing. When these ranchers are forced off of these allotments due to these external factors, they have nowhere to take their livestock. This amendment will provide a solution to this problem by allowing these ranchers to take their livestock to vacant allotments in the event they face one of these unfortunate but all too common occurrences. Mr. Chairman, I would like to urge my colleagues to support amendment No. 20, and I thank my colleague Ms. Cheney for her leadership on this issue.”