Political Quotes

“a brief history. One year ago, right now, 2 years after President Clinton had proposed his very, very modest timber plan for the Pacific Northwest, less than half of what the President had stated was in his plan for a harvest was actually being carried out, frustrated by endless litigation. This proposal was passed, two-thirds of which simply enabled the President to carry out his own promises, to keep his own commitments. One portion of it authorized the harvesting of certain contracts that had long since been executed by the Federal Government, and, Mr. President, which represent this much of the national forests in the Pacific Northwest--this being the entire forest, this being what is already cut off. You, Mr. President, cannot see the number of acres we are talking about. I do not think you can see it when I put this magnifying glass on it. That was the true compromise. What did the President say about it? The President said that compromise contained language that preserved the ability to implement the current forest plans and their standards to protect fisheries and the like. Then the President changed his mind, and the senior Senator from Oregon offered him a further compromise, which is included in this proposal.”