[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 89 (Friday, May 26, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1146]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    THE LIVESTOCK GRAZING ACT OF 1995

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                           HON. BARBARA CUBIN

                               of wyoming

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 25, 1995
  Mrs. CUBIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Livestock Grazing 
Act of 1995 and urge my colleagues that if they have not already done 
so to cosponsor this important legislation.
  Mr. Speaker, as with most bills that are introduced in this body, 
this legislation is not perfect; it could use a bit of fine tuning. But 
we must start somewhere if we are to defeat Rangeland Reform 94 and 
provide long-term stability for the Federal lands livestock industry 
and rural communities across the West. The Livestock Graving Act of 
1995 gives us just one more opportunity to deliver on our promise to 
change the way the Federal Government manages our public lands and turn 
more of that responsibility over to the States. We can and should act 
now to pass this legislation; unless we do so by August 21, the entire 
livestock industry is at risk.
  I would also like to point out that for quite some time the Wyoming 
public lands management model had divided the stewards that live on the 
land and the communities whose economies are dependent on that 
resource. But after having reviewed this proposal in some detail, I am 
pleased to report that those same divided factions have endorsed this 
grazing proposal for the good of the whole. They have told me in the 
strongest of terms that ``the act may need a little work, but it is far 
superior to rangland reform.'' I could not agree more and will do 
everything I can to see that this bill is enacted into law.
  This bill is the product of many hours of work by various National 
and State representatives of the livestock industry, and numerous 
Members of Congress and their staffs and I thank them for their 
efforts. I would particularly like to thank all of those in Wyoming who 
took time out of their busy schedules to come to Washington to work on 
this bill. It is a good bill and I hope that we will move it swiftly 
through Congress.


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