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New Hampshire Union Leader
Kendra Gilbert
Boston University Washington News Service
11-15-06
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 – Outgoing New Hampshire Reps. Charles Bass and Jeb Bradley praised the collaborative effort behind the passage of the New England Wilderness Act of 2006.
Bass in a statement thanked legislators and environmental groups involved with the bill for “working together to craft this recommended addition to the Granite State’s crown jewel of the outdoors.”
His colleague Bradley said on the floor of the House the compromise reached between the New Hampshire delegation and Independent Vermont Rep. Bernie Sanders was “in true New England fashion” and that the passage of the bill “makes sense for New Hampshire.”
Bradley said in a statement that he had hiked many of the areas that will be protected under the bill and knows “that they are truly deserving of this wilderness designation.”
He joked on the floor that he will now have more time to explore the White Mountain National Forest more thoroughly.
Bass said on the floor the implication of the bill “will be felt forever,” long after he leaves office in January, and said that it was the “most important bill I’ve ever had.”
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