[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 6, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H5611-H5612]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      WILDERNESS LEGISLATION PRESERVES UTAH AREA FOR ALL AMERICANS

  (Mr. HANSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, today is a historic time for the State of 
Utah. In our great State out in the West, we have been told that we can 
put three different areas into wilderness. One is Forest Service, one 
is park, and one is Bureau of Land Management.
  In 1984 Ronald Reagan signed the wilderness bill for Forest Service, 
and it was a historic time. We preserved in the State of Utah some of 
the most beautiful, pristine areas that the people in the world have 
seen, and people come from all over the world to see this glorious area 
that will now be untrammeled by man, as if man was never there, as if 
you were the first person God put on Earth, and you can 
[[Page H5612]] see it in all its majesty. Now today we are introducing 
one for the Bureau of Land Management.
  The State of Utah has 22 million acres--3.2 is considered fit and 
worthy of wilderness. This bill is 1.8, which is the most pristine of 
all this. It is the jewel of our national parks, of which we have five. 
This will be truly untrammeled by man.
  We are going to start the procedure now. It will go through the 
subcommittee, the committee, and on the floor. I hope the people of the 
United States, the people of Utah, will realize what a wonderful thing 
they are going to have, in my opinion, as they see this area put into a 
wilderness designation. I am grateful for all the help we have had on 
this particular bill.


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