Political Quotes

“I rise to speak about the historic vote to happen shortly that will advance conservation and public lands projects, called the Great American Outdoors Act. I urge all of my colleagues to support this important legislation. First, I thank everyone who has been involved in this legislation-- Senator Gardner, who just joined us on the floor; Senator Manchin, who spoke earlier; Senator Daines; Senator Warner; Senator Portman, who also spoke earlier; Senator Alexander; Senator King; Senator Burr; and then several other Senators who will, I know, participate tomorrow as a group and speak--Senators Tester, Bennet, Heinrich, and so many more. This coalition has said we should spend the money in the fund for LWCF and combine it with taking care of parks' backlog. This has been a priority of two different groups of Senators who have worked together to try to pass this legislation. I also thank Senators Portman, Alexander, King, and Warner and my House colleague, Representative Kilmer, for working so diligently on the parks' backlog. I thank Senator Alexander specifically, who has been one of the champions of the parks' backlog. Just a few years ago, I remember I asked him: Lamar, do you think we are really going to get $6.5 billion spent on the backlog? He said: We are going to try our darned best. Apparently, Lamar Alexander's darned best today has been a success in helping us to move this forward.…”