[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8375]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    CASTNER RANGE NATIONAL MONUMENT

  (Mr. O'ROURKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. O'ROURKE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge the 110th 
anniversary of the Antiquities Act.
  From the first national monument, Devils Tower in Wyoming that was 
designated in 1906, to the Statue of Liberty in New York, and Glacier 
Bay in Alaska, over 148 designations have been made by 16 Presidents, 
most of them Republicans. While the last 110 years have arguably been 
successful for this country, we can do better.
  Today's national monuments and the people who visit them do not 
reflect the great diversity of this country. That is why I ask my 
colleagues to join me in supporting the Castner Range National Monument 
Act.
  The Castner Range is in El Paso, Texas. It is 7,000 acres of pristine 
Chihuahuan desert, Rocky Mountain wilderness surrounded by a community 
that is 85 percent Mexican American.
  The last 110 years have been great. I ask my colleagues to support me 
and join me in ensuring that the next 110 years are even better.

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