Political Quotes

“Thank you, Senator, and to all my colleagues, I want to thank you. I appreciate very much the job that has been done here. By working in a bipartisan spirit, every one of us benefits from this. This is a legacy piece of legislation that, hopefully, our children and generations to come will say that it was my grandfather, my father, my uncle, my aunt who was involved in giving me an opportunity to enjoy part of the America that maybe I may not have had. We have access to it. In West Virginia, when you get access to New River or the Gauley, it has been provided by LWCF money. The Park System that we have--and we have hundreds of thousands of visitors every year--is done because of the Restore Our Parks Act, and people are now able to come. Just about 4 or 5 months ago, I took my family, and we were in Hawaii. When Senators and Congress people go into Hawaii on a codel, we usually don't see what the visitors see down there. They don't take us to the visitors' center. This time I had gone as a normal visitor, and when I walked in, I was appalled at what I saw The maps were falling off the wall. The lights weren't working. It was atrocious. I had a meeting with the staff right there.…”