Jay Inslee: “there are two problems. One, although I respect the drafters of this bill, the bill does not respect the clearly…”

“there are two problems. One, although I respect the drafters of this bill, the bill does not respect the clearly expressed sentiment of the American people, because 96 percent of the American people said don't build roads; temporary, permanent, transitory, big, small, little. Ninety-six percent of the Americans who expressed their opinion on this issue said don't do what this bill does, which allows building roads in these designated roadless areas. This ignores the clearly expressed intention of the people, and that ought to be enough in itself to endorse this particular amendment. Now, I come back to when you look at these roadless areas, they have value that is not in this accounting, which is to keep the silt out of our streams. I respect that we might put a line in a book somewhere that will be over in the Library of Congress that says, presto change- o, these are all going to be ``temporary.'' There is also a line in a book over in the Library of Congress that says 60,000 miles that have been out there for decades are ``temporary.'' In real life, this guts roadless area rules. We need this amendment if this bill is going to pass. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman has expired.”