[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8265]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   AMERICA'S RED ROCK WILDERNESS ACT

  (Mr. LOWENTHAL asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LOWENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to introduce America's Red 
Rock Wilderness Act, a bill to designate as wilderness southern Utah's 
incredible public lands, such as Desolation Canyon, the Dirty Devil, 
and the Greater Cedar Mesa.
  These wild and precious lands are our birthright as Americans, and 
they are essential to who we are as a Nation. My bill safeguards these 
special lands and the waters, the flora, and the fauna within them. It 
furthers the great American conservation ethic of John Muir, of 
Theodore Roosevelt, and of the many others who helped to preserve the 
great wild places we cannot imagine today living without.
  As we advance toward a cleaner economy, we must protect the $646 
billion outdoor recreation economy, which employs more than 6 million 
people nationwide. None of that is possible without protecting our 
public lands.
  America's Red Rock Wilderness Act would do just that.

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