Colorado Wilderness Act of 2021

Floor Speech

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Mr. TIFFANY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose H.R. 803, the western wildfire bill.

Make no mistake, while some seek preservation, what we need is management. It always seems like those who seek to preserve, they go to the places that are most well managed. These places now will suffer as a result of that.

But I want to emphasize three things that all Americans are going to lose with this bill.

Job security: We have already seen 11,000 jobs jeopardized by the abrogation of a contract by President Biden in regard to the Keystone XL pipeline.

Economic security: Lumber prices continue to rise. Taking timber off the marketplace is not going to make the cost of building a home any cheaper. You want to get kids out of their parents' basement? You are not going to do it this way, by raising the price of being able to build a home.

National security: We have become an energy-independent country here over the last 10 years, and it has gotten us out of the forever wars in the Middle East. This jeopardizes those achievements.

Job security, economic security, national security are all at stake here with this bill.

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