[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 90 (Wednesday, July 12, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H5050]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      SELLING OUR NATIONAL FORESTS

  (Mr. KELLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, the bureaucrats are at it again. First, they 
came up with the idea of selling off 300,000 acres of our precious 
national forest lands, including 1,000 acres of the Ocala National 
Forest in my district. They made this reckless budget proposal without 
any input whatsoever from Members of Congress or the American public.
  After the fact, 130,000 Americans wrote in to oppose this proposal. 
This week, the United States Department of Agriculture bureaucrats 
arrogantly told the press they want to move forward anyway, despite 
Congress and the American public. The pathetic attempt of the 
Department of Agriculture bureaucrats to sell our national forests is 
financially short-sighted and environmentally reckless.
  You can lead a bureaucrat to water, but you can't make him think. 
Well, we are going to do the thinking for you and reject this insane 
proposal.

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