Political Quotes

“This amendment helps our local communities preserve and restore important historic sites through a successful Federal-State partnership. For more than 40 years, the Historic Preservation Fund has helped our States and Native Tribes leverage funds to revitalize communities and create opportunities for economic growth. In my district, for example, the Historic Preservation Fund was recently used to rehabilitate Olympia's historic Stoker House, which is now home to a small clinic that provides much-needed mental health counseling services. This year, funds were also used for Washington State's Youth Heritage Project in Tacoma, which introduced high school students to the maritime heritage of the Puget Sound region. This amendment would simply restore Historic Preservation funding to last year's levels. It is a small but effective Federal program that deserves continued support. This is a bipartisan amendment, and I am thankful to have the support of the co-chairs of the Historic Preservation Caucus, Congressmen Turner and Blumenauer, along with Congressmen Smith, Courtney, and Keating. Mr. Chairman, I urge adoption of the amendment.”