House passes Protecting America's Wilderness Act

[babylonsister]

House passes Protecting America's Wilderness Act
By Juliegrace Brufke - 02/12/20 05:25 PM EST


The House passed legislation aimed at providing additional protections for more than 1 million acres of public land on the West Coast on Wednesday.

The package — which combines six land protection bills that passed out of the House Natural Resources Committee — would designate roughly 1.4 million acres in Colorado, California and Washington State as federally protected wilderness, granting it the highest level of protection possible.

Under the bill, “logging, mining and drilling” would be prohibited on the land and no new roads or infrastructure would be able to be built in the areas. Nearly 1,000 miles of river would also be added to the National Wild and Scenic River System.

The bill passed in a 231-183 vote, with six Republicans voting for it. It is expected to face an uphill battle in the Republican-controlled upper chamber.

Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), who helped lead the efforts on the bill, noted it is one of the largest wilderness protection packages to be brought up in the House in more than a decade, arguing its passage would be beneficial for both the environment and the economies in the areas.

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[mr_lebowski]

1. Buh ... buh ... Dear Leader told us the House Dems are 'do nothing'? HOW CAN THIS BE?!? nt

[PSPS]

2. Sorry. Moscow Mitch's duma doesn't "do" any bills from the house.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Off to the pile of House passed bills sitting on Mitch's desk.

[babylonsister]

5. Yes. So sad, and there's not a thing we can do. nt

[BigmanPigman]

4. Two words...FUCK MITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. 3: Ditch Moscow Mitch!