John Barrasso actually said...

"It just doesn't make sense then to me that and to many other Americans for the Park Service to support obtaining further properties, further expenses and liabilities when the Park Service can't open p..."

"Thank you also for allowing my bill and its House counterpart to be considered in this hearing, this Barrasso-Risch-Tipton bill named the Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and..."

"I sincerely hope that we can move forward on this compromise, get these small hydro projects underway by getting this bill signed into law."

"When I see legislation like this with unanimous support for land management policy from the elected delegation, I believe it's significant."