Political Quotes

“I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1237, authored by our friend from California (Mr. Herger), authorizes a land exchange between the Trinity County Public Utilities District, the Forest Service, and the Bureau of Land Management in northern California. The utilities district currently owns a parcel of land within the city of Weaverville that is cut off by the surrounding Federal land. The utilities district would like to acquire approximately 100 acres of the national forest to consolidate its holdings and guarantee access for future use of the property near the Weaverville Airport. In exchange for this parcel, the utilities district will convey about 150 acres it currently owns to the Six Rivers National Forest and approximately 50 acres to the Bureau of Land Management. Passage of this legislation will allow additional opportunity for economic development in remote Trinity County, California, while allowing the Forest Service to consolidate its land base and the Bureau of Land Management to acquire a prime recreational site. The suspension text makes a minor amendment to the bill to conform to House rules by specifying that any cash equalization payments for the parcels that may be paid to the Secretary must be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury. It also requires that no cash equalization payment may be paid to the utilities district. With that, Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”